Springer v. Government of the Philippine Islands, 277 U.S. 189 (1928), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the Appointments Clause.

The case was an action of quo warranto, on behalf of the Government against Milton E. Springer, Dalamacio Costas, and Anselmo Hilario, the three directors of the National Coal Committee.

[1] The Philippine Legislature created a coal company and a bank, and the majority of the stock was owned by the government itself.

2822 stated that voting on behalf of the Philippine Islands was exclusively vested in the committee.

The Philippine Legislature unlawfully determined who of its members sit on the committee, while still legally providing a National Coal Company.