Henry Curtis Lind
14th Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office
1979–1989
Preceded byHenry Putzel Jr.
Succeeded byFrank D. Wagner
Personal details
Born(1921-10-12)October 12, 1921
Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.
DiedNovember 11, 2013(2013-11-11) (aged 92)
EducationPrinceton University (AB)
Harvard University
ProfessionLawyer

Henry Curtis Lind (October 12, 1921 – November 11, 2013)[1] was an American lawyer and the fourteenth reporter of decisions[2] of the United States Supreme Court from 1979 to 1987.

Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, he received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1943 and his law degree from Harvard University in 1949. He was in private practice from 1949 to 1957, when he joined the staff of the Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company in Rochester, New York, editing the Lawyer's Edition of the United States Reports and the United States Supreme Court Digest. He was assistant reporter of decisions for the court from 1973 to 1979 and oversaw the transition from hot lead to computer typesetting. He also wrote a manual of style and composition for judicial writing.

References

  1. ^ McDonough, Megan (November 20, 2013). "Henry C. Lind, U.S. Supreme Court's reporter of decisions". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
  2. ^ Hall, Kermit; Ely, James W.; Grossman, Joel B. (2005). The Oxford companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. Oxford University Press. pp. 587, 848. ISBN 978-0-19-517661-2. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
Legal offices Preceded byHenry Putzel, Jr. United States Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions 1979 – 1989 Succeeded byFrank D. Wagner
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