1 Johnson’s Reports iv - Judiciary of New York



"But how are their decisions to be known?"

1 Johnson's Reports iv

CELEBRATING

200

Years of New York State Official Law Reporting

"But how are their decisions to be known?" " We must look . . . to our own courts, for those precedents which have the binding force of authority

and law. But how are their decisions to be known? Must they float in the memories of those by whom they are pronounced, and the law, instead of being a fixed and uniform rule of action, be thus

subject to perpetual fluctuation and change? No man doubts of the propriety or necessity of publishing the acts of the legislature. As the rights and interests of every individual may be equally affected by the decisions of our courts, one would naturally imagine, that it would be equally a matter

of public concern, that they should be made known in some authentic manner to the community." 1 Johnson's Reports iv-v

NEW YORK STATE LAW REPORTING BUREAU

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Graphic design by: Jeanne Otto of West, a Thomson Company

ANNIVERSARY BOOKLET COMMITTEE Charles A. Ashe Maureen L. Clements William J. Hooks Katherine D. LaBoda Chilton B. Latham John W. Lesniak Cynthia McCormick Michael S. Moran Gail A. Nassif Gayle M. Palmer Gary D. Spivey

On the Cover:

The "Old Hun Building," on the left, 25 North Pearl St., Albany, N.Y.

Office of State Reporters Samuel Hand (c. 1873) and Hiram E. Sickels (c. 1874) and Supreme Court Reporter Marcus T. Hun (c. 1874).

North Pearl St. and Maiden Lane, Albany Unidentified Photographer 1919 Main Photograph Collection

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Reporting Bureau on the 200th Anniversary of official law

reporting in New York State. West is proud to have been selected to publish the New York Official Reports and to produce this

commemorative booklet.

"But how are their decisions to be known?"

1 Johnson's Reports iv

200 YEARS OF NEW YORK STATE OFFICIAL LAW REPORTING

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CONTENTS

Judges of the Court of Appeals....................................................4 Foreword .......................................................................................5 Law Reporting Bureau Staff ........................................................6 Preface ...........................................................................................7 Milestones in Official Reporting...................................................8 History of Law Reporting .............................................................9-22 The Official Reporters...................................................................23-39 Offices of the Official Reporter....................................................40-45 Editorial Technology .....................................................................46-48 Two Centuries of Leadership and Service...................................49-51 Third Series for a Third Century ..................................................52 Acknowledgments .........................................................................53 Sources and References ................................................................54-56 Index ..............................................................................................57-58

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