Document Type
Article
Abstract
States have traditionally published the decisions of their intermediate and highest courts.1 Legal historians, in recent years, have written extensively on the history of court reporting and court reports.2 These historical accounts have revealed that many famous judges and lawyers throughout the country gained prominent reputations stemming from the publishing of their decisions.3 In the "nineteenth century, the development of court reports received attention from the legal community through reviews in many of the leading periodicals of the day."4 By 1900, however, the periodical literature contained only a small number of reviews of individual state reports.5 Unfortunately, the review of these reports decreased over time as court reports became more commonplace.6 Reports were no longer cited according to the reporter's last name, although the reporter's name was listed on the spine of the book.7 Ultimately, the reports were reduced to being part of a numbered series.8
Repository Citation
Fishman, J. (1997). History of the Court Reporter in the Appellate Courts of Pennsylvania. Widener Journal of Public Law, 7 (1). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/law-faculty-scholarship/187