The United States Reports (ISSN 0891-6845) are the official record (law reports) of the Supreme Court of the United States. They include rulings, orders, case tables (list of every case decided), in alphabetical order both by the name of the petitioner (the losing party in lower courts) and by the name of the respondent (the prevailing party below), and other proceedings. United States Reports, once printed and bound, are the final version of court opinions and cannot be changed. Opinions of the court in each case are prepended with a headnote prepared by the Reporter of Decisions, and any concurring or dissenting opinions are published sequentially. The Court's Publication Office oversees the binding and publication of the volumes of United States Reports, although the actual printing, binding, and publication are performed by private firms under contract with the United States Government Publishing Office.
This citation indicates that the decision of the Court in the case entitled Brown v. Board of Education, as abbreviated in Bluebook style, was decided in 1954 and can be found in volume 347 of the United States Reports starting on page 483.
History
The early volumes of the United States Reports were originally published privately by the individual Supreme Court Reporters. As was the practice in England, the reports were designated by the names of the reporters who compiled them: Dallas's Reports, Cranch's Reports, etc.
The decisions appearing in the entire first volume and most of the second volume of United States Reports are not decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Instead, they are decisions from various Pennsylvania courts, dating from the colonial period and the first decade after Independence. Alexander Dallas, a lawyer and journalist, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had been in the business of reporting these cases for newspapers and periodicals. He subsequently began compiling his case reports in a bound volume, which he called Reports of cases ruled and adjudged in the courts of Pennsylvania, before and since the Revolution.[1] This would come to be known as the first volume of Dallas Reports.
When the United States Supreme Court, along with the rest of the new Federal Government moved, in 1791, from New York City to the nation's temporary capital in Philadelphia, Dallas was appointed the Supreme Court's first unofficial, and unpaid, Supreme Court Reporter. (Court reporters in that age received no salary, but were expected to profit from the publication and sale of their compiled decisions.) Dallas continued to collect and publish Pennsylvania decisions in a second volume of his Reports.
When the U.S. Supreme Court began to hear cases, he added those cases to his reports, starting towards the end of the second volume, 2 Dallas Reports, with West v. Barnes (1791). As Lawrence M. Friedman has explained: "In this volume, quietly and unobtrusively, began that magnificent series of reports, extending in an unbroken line to the present, that chronicles the work of the world's most powerful court."[2] Dallas went on to publish a total of four volumes of decisions during his tenure as Reporter.
When the Supreme Court moved to Washington, D.C. in 1800, Dallas remained in Philadelphia, and William Cranch took over as unofficial reporter of decisions. In 1817, Congress made the Reporter of Decisions an official, salaried position,[3] although the publication of the Reports remained a private enterprise for the reporter's personal gain. The reports themselves were the subject of an early copyright case, Wheaton v. Peters, in which former reporter Henry Wheaton sued then current reporter Richard Peters for reprinting cases from Wheaton's Reports in abridged form.
In 1874, the U.S. government began to fund the reports' publication (18 Stat. 204), creating the United States Reports. The earlier, private reports were retroactively numbered volumes 1–90 of the United States Reports, starting from the first volume of Dallas Reports.[4] Therefore, decisions appearing in these early reports have dual citation forms: one for the volume number of the United States Reports, and one for the set of nominate reports. For example, the complete citation to McCulloch v. Maryland is 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316 (1819).
^Cohen, Morris and O'Connor, Sharon H. A Guide to the Early Reports of the Supreme Court of the United States, (Fred B. Rothman & Co, Littleton Colorado, 1995)
^Friedman, Lawrence M. (2019). A History of American Law (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 308–310. ISBN9780190070915. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
^Hall, Kermit, ed. Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (Oxford 1992), p 215, 727
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The United States Reports ISSN 0891 6845 are the official record law reports of the Supreme Court of the United States They include rulings orders case tables list of every case decided in alphabetical order both by the name of the petitioner the losing party in lower courts and by the name of the respondent the prevailing party below and other proceedings United States Reports once printed and bound are the final version of court opinions and cannot be changed Opinions of the court in each case are prepended with a headnote prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and any concurring or dissenting opinions are published sequentially The Court s Publication Office oversees the binding and publication of the volumes of United States Reports although the actual printing binding and publication are performed by private firms under contract with the United States Government Publishing Office Volumes of the United States Reports Contents 1 Citation 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCitation EditFor lawyers citations to United States Reports are the standard reference for Supreme Court decisions Following The Bluebook a commonly accepted citation protocol the case Brown et al v Board of Education of Topeka Kansas for example would be cited as Brown v Bd of Educ 347 U S 483 1954 This citation indicates that the decision of the Court in the case entitled Brown v Board of Education as abbreviated in Bluebook style was decided in 1954 and can be found in volume 347 of the United States Reports starting on page 483 History EditThe early volumes of the United States Reports were originally published privately by the individual Supreme Court Reporters As was the practice in England the reports were designated by the names of the reporters who compiled them Dallas s Reports Cranch s Reports etc The decisions appearing in the entire first volume and most of the second volume of United States Reports are not decisions of the United States Supreme Court Instead they are decisions from various Pennsylvania courts dating from the colonial period and the first decade after Independence Alexander Dallas a lawyer and journalist of Philadelphia Pennsylvania had been in the business of reporting these cases for newspapers and periodicals He subsequently began compiling his case reports in a bound volume which he called Reports of cases ruled and adjudged in the courts of Pennsylvania before and since the Revolution 1 This would come to be known as the first volume of Dallas Reports When the United States Supreme Court along with the rest of the new Federal Government moved in 1791 from New York City to the nation s temporary capital in Philadelphia Dallas was appointed the Supreme Court s first unofficial and unpaid Supreme Court Reporter Court reporters in that age received no salary but were expected to profit from the publication and sale of their compiled decisions Dallas continued to collect and publish Pennsylvania decisions in a second volume of his Reports When the U S Supreme Court began to hear cases he added those cases to his reports starting towards the end of the second volume 2 Dallas Reports with West v Barnes 1791 As Lawrence M Friedman has explained In this volume quietly and unobtrusively began that magnificent series of reports extending in an unbroken line to the present that chronicles the work of the world s most powerful court 2 Dallas went on to publish a total of four volumes of decisions during his tenure as Reporter When the Supreme Court moved to Washington D C in 1800 Dallas remained in Philadelphia and William Cranch took over as unofficial reporter of decisions In 1817 Congress made the Reporter of Decisions an official salaried position 3 although the publication of the Reports remained a private enterprise for the reporter s personal gain The reports themselves were the subject of an early copyright case Wheaton v Peters in which former reporter Henry Wheaton sued then current reporter Richard Peters for reprinting cases from Wheaton s Reports in abridged form In 1874 the U S government began to fund the reports publication 18 Stat 204 creating the United States Reports The earlier private reports were retroactively numbered volumes 1 90 of the United States Reports starting from the first volume of Dallas Reports 4 Therefore decisions appearing in these early reports have dual citation forms one for the volume number of the United States Reports and one for the set of nominate reports For example the complete citation to McCulloch v Maryland is 17 U S 4 Wheat 316 1819 See also EditReporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume National Reporter SystemReferences Edit Cohen Morris and O Connor Sharon H A Guide to the Early Reports of the Supreme Court of the United States Fred B Rothman amp Co Littleton Colorado 1995 Friedman Lawrence M 2019 A History of American Law 4th ed New York Simon amp Schuster pp 308 310 ISBN 9780190070915 Retrieved November 7 2020 Act of March 3 1817 ch 63 3 Stat 376 Hall Kermit ed Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States Oxford 1992 p 215 727External links Edit Wikisource has original text related to this article United States Reports Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States Reports United States Supreme Court Information About Opinions United States Supreme Court Bound Volumes Lists of PDFs Torrents of United States Reports 502 550 1991 2006 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United States Reports amp oldid 1135690060, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
