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Landmarks of Law Reporting 18 -- Suggested reading

The following select bibliography includes the sources consulted in the preparation of this exhibit. The image is of the opening leaf of the Liber Assisarum , a collection of Year Book cases from the reign of Edward III (manuscript in Law French, ca. 1450). English law reports Abbott, L. W. Law Reporting...

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Landmarks of Law Reporting 17 -- The birth of the National Reporter System

John B. West & Co., The Syllabi , vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 21, 1876; reprint ed.; St. Paul, Minn., 1991). John B. West & Co., The Northwestern Reporter , vol. 1 (1st ed.; St. Paul, Minn., 1879). After the Civil War, the number of cases being reported rose astronomically. However, these case reports...

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Landmarks of Law Reporting 16 -- The battle of the Supreme Court reporters

Report of the Copy-Right Case of Wheaton v. Peters: Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States: with an Appendix, Containing the Acts of Congress Relating to Copy-Right (New York, 1834). Henry Wheaton had been unofficial reporter of U.S. Supreme Court cases from 1816-1827. Although his Reports...

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Landmarks of Law Reporting 15 -- The first U.S. Supreme Court reports

Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817), Reports of Cases Ruled and Adjudged in the Several Courts of the United States, and of Pennsylvania, Held at the Seat of the Federal Government , vol. 2 (Philadelphia, 1798). In 1790 (one year after Ephraim Kirby began publishing Connecticut reports), Alexander Dallas...

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Landmarks of Law Reporting 14 -- A reporter discusses his work

William Johnson (1769-1848), letter to John Wells Esq., (Albany, NY, October 23, 1819). William Johnson was Chief Justice Kent’s handpicked successor to George Caines as official reporter for the New York Supreme Court. During his tenure, Johnson produced 20 volumes of Johnson's Reports , covering...

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Landmarks of Law Reporting 13 -- The first official American law reports

George Caines (1771-1825), Cases Argued and Determined in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors, in the State of New-York (New York, 1805). There was no formalized system of reporting in the U.S. until 1804, when both the New York and Massachusetts legislatures provided for...

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Landmarks of Law Reporting 12 -- The first American law reports

Ephraim Kirby (1757-1804), Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Superior Court of The State Of Connecticut, from the Year 1785, to May 1788 (Litchfield, Conn., 1789). Although American courts were producing a small number of written opinions after the Revolutionary War, those opinions failed to be collected...

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Landmarks of Law Reporting 11 -- Reforming the English reports

W. T. S. Daniel (1806-1891), A Letter to Sir Roundell Palmer ... on the Present System of Law Reporting, Its Evils, and the Remedy (London, 1863?). W. T. S. Daniel was active in many areas of law reform, and in 1863 he began working for a better system of law reporting. There was wide dissatisfaction...

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Landmarks of Law Reporting 10 -- Burrow’s Reports: "Works of art"

Sir James Burrow (1701-1782), Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench ... (5 vols.; London, 1766-80). Burrow's Reports established the modern pattern of what a law report should contain: the reporter’s statement of the facts, a summary of the arguments of counsel, and the...

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Landmarks of Law Reporting 9 -- Worst reports...

Sir John Popham (1531?-1607), Reports and Cases Collected by the Learned, Sir John Popham, Knight, Late Lord Chief-Justice of England (London, 1656). Popham’s Reports is but one of “the flying squadrons of thin reports” published in the mid- to late 17th century, and exemplifies their...

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