For a history of the "Law Reports" in England, with much information on report ing, see Daniel, History of the Origin of the Law Reports, 1884.
See 1 Abbott's National Digest x, for much information as to the. Federal Reports, other than those in the supreme court. The fed eral eases (except in the supreme court) have been reprinted in thirty volumes, under the name of "Federal Cases." In volume 30 of the series is much infor mation as to the early Federal Reports oth er than those of the supreme court.
See, generally, 1 Kent, 14th ed. 471 ; 9 L. Quart. Rev. 179 ; 1 id. 137 ; Wambaugh, Study of Cases, passim; 2 Jurid. Soc. Pa pers 745, The Expediency of Digesting the Precedents of the Common Law, and Regulat ing the Publication of Reports ; Veeder, The English Reports (15 Harv. 2 Rev. 1, 109 ; 2 Sel. Essays in Anglo-Amer. L. H. 123). He is referred to below as Veeder.
For a list of reports, see Soule, Lawyers' Reference Manual, which gives the chro nology of all reports ; also Brief Making, by Lile and others, 3d Ed. by R. W. Cooley.
The National Reporter System reports cur rently in full all decisions, without selection or abridgment, of the courts of last resort of every state, also the decisions of the cir cuit and district courts, circuit courts of ap peals, commerce court, and the supreme court of the United States. The decisions are pub lished in two editions ; first in weekly pamph let form, as advance sheets, and later in bound volumes. There are ten distinct pub lications of this series, viz.: The Northwestern Reporter, established in 1879, reporting the decisions in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Da kota, and North and South Dakota ; the Pa cific Reporter, established in 1883, reporting the decisions in California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Kan sas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming ; the Northeastern Reporter, established in 1885, reporting the decisions in New York. Massachusetts, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana ; the Atlantic Reporter, estab lished in 1885, reporting the decisions in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecti cut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland ; the Southwestern Reporter, established in 1886, reporting the decisions in Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Ter ritory, Texas, Kentucky, and Tennessee ; the Southeastern Reporter, established in 1887, reporting the decisions in Virginia, West Vir ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia ; the Southern Reporter, established in 1887, reporting the decisions in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
The New York Supplement was established in 1888 and reports the decisions of lower courts of record of the state of New York.
The Federal Reporter, established in 1880, contains the decisions of the United States circuit and district courts since that year and of the United States circuit courts of appeals and commerce court, from the or ganization of those courts.
The Supreme Court Reporter covers the decisions of the United States court. It begins with volume 106 of the United States Reports and continues to date ; one volume is published each year. In this se ries the decisions are first published in the form of biweekly advance sheets, during the term of court, then the bound volume is pub lished, containing in full a report of all the cases decided during the year.
In addition to the various official and non official reporting systems, there are several non-official series of law reports that publish selected cases only.
The "Lawyers' Reports Annotated" con tains cases selected from the current deci sions of the courts of last resort of the sev eral states and territories and of the States supreme and other federal courts. The series began in 1888, and comprises four volumes a year. In 1906, when 70 volumes had been published, a new series was be gun. The new series are issued at the rate of about six volumes per year.
The "American Decisions" is a series of 100 volumes, purporting to contain the cases "of general value and authority" from the earliest state reports to the year 1869.