United States Reports – Supreme Court Reports Back to 18 Century – GPO

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GPO Makes Available Supreme Court Cases Dating Back to the 18th Century

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has made available hundreds of historic volumes of U.S. Supreme Court cases dating from 1790–1991. These cases are published officially in the United States Reports and are now available on GPO’s GovInfo, the one-stop site for authentic, published information for all three branches of the Federal Government.

United States Reports: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/usreports

“GPO is proud to make these historic volumes of Supreme Court cases available to the American public,” said GPO Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern. “The addition of this collection to GovInfo is just one more step toward GPO delivering on its vision of an America Informed.

”Major cases available through this new collection include:

Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-347/USREPORTS-347-483: The Court finds that segregated schools in the states are unconstitutional.

Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966) https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-384/USREPORTS-384-436: The Court rules that police must advise criminal suspects of their rights under the Constitution to remain silent and consult with a lawyer.

Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803) https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USREPORTS-5/USREPORTS-5-137: Establishes judicial review, which gives the Supreme Court the authority to review the actions of other branches of Government to determine whether they are constitutional.

The cases of the Supreme Court of the United States are published officially in the United States Reports. The volumes are compiled and published for the Court by the Reporter of Decisions. A volume of the United States Reports also usually contains a list of Justices and officers of the Court during the Term; an allotment of Justices by circuit; announcements of Justices’ investitures and retirements; memorial proceedings for deceased Justices; a cumulative table of cases reported; orders in cases decided in summary fashion; reprints of amendments to the Supreme Court’s Rules and the various sets of Federal Rules of Procedure; a topical index; and a statistical table summarizing case activity for the past three Court Terms.

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United States Reports

The cases of the Supreme Court of the United States are published officially in the United States Reports. The volumes are compiled and published for the Court by the Reporter of Decisions. A volume of the United States Reports also usually contains a list of Justices and officers of the Court during the Term; an allotment of Justices by circuit; announcements of Justices’ investitures and retirements; memorial proceedings for deceased Justices; a cumulative table of cases reported; orders in cases decided in summary fashion; reprints of amendments to the Supreme Court’s Rules and the various sets of Federal Rules of Procedure; a topical index; and a statistical table summarizing case activity for the past three Court Terms.

This collection includes volumes 2 through 501. Volumes 502 through present are available from the U.S. Supreme Court. The early volumes were privately published by the reporter, so the name of the reporter who compiled the volume appears in the United States Reports citation. In addition to U.S. Supreme Court cases, volumes 2-4 contain cases from Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Circuit Court. In this collection, the Pennsylvania cases are only available in the full volume. Volume 1 contains only Pennsylvania cases, so is not included in this collection.

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_The Evening Post_, 29 Mar 1924:
         PERSONAL MATTERS
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  Mr. T. J. S. #Algie, who intends to visit England, was the recipient of tokens of esteem from his fellow-officers at the Government Printing Office this week. At the anniversary tea of the Vivian Street Baptist Church on Tuesday special reference was made to the services rendered by Mr. Algie as deacon during the past four years, and the Rev. F. E. Harry, on behalf of himself and congregation, wished him a pleasant voyage.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240329.2.76
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_The Evening Post_, 23 Jan 1924:
                 OBITUARY
  The death of Mr. Henry Hume… at his residence, 53, Tinakori road, yesterday, removes a familiar figure from the streets of Wellington. For many years Mr. Hume was stamp printer at the Government Printing Office, and he also took a keen interest in anything concerning the welfare of the city. The late Mr. Hume was born at Campsie, Scotland, in 1829, and in his early days worked at the calico printing trade. After being employed by well-known printing firms in Glasgow, he decided to come to New Zealand, and he landed at Port Chalmers in 1863…. The late Mr. Hume was at first attracted by the West Coast gold rush, but, realising the uncertainties of that means of livelihood, he soon decided to keep to his trade. In 1865 he joined the Government Printing Office as a pressman, and in little less than a year he received the position of duty stamp printer. In 1873, when letterpress printing replaced copper-plate printing, he was appointed leading printer, and in 1890 he was still further promoted to the responsible position of stamp printer. This post he held with distinction until… retire[ment] on 31st December, 1905, after forty years in the Government service….
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240123.2.79
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