George Caines
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George Caines was the first official reporter of cases
in the United States, appointed by the Court of Appeals of New York in accordance with legislation enacted by that state in April, 1804. He occupied the office for one year, producing three volumes of the Reports, containing decisions from May 1803 to November 1805. Under the archaic abbreviation system once used for case citation
s, these reports are officially known as Caines' Reports, and are abbreviated as (vol) Cai. R. (page). Cases from other courts also reported by Caines are in volumes titled Caines' Cases, abbreviated as (vol) Cai. Cas. (page), while his edited versions of cases reported by William Coleman
are titled Coleman & Caines' Cases, abbreviated as (vol) Cole. & Cai. Cas. (page).
Prior to becoming Reporter, Caines was a New York City
lawyer, published the first volume of Lex Mercatoria Americana and prosecuted a noted libel case, People v. Croswell (3 Johns. Cas. 337 [1804]).
In 1819, Caines was among the founding members of the Missionary and Bible Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
. He died in Catskill, New York
, and is buried in the Thompson Street Cemetery there.
Reporter of decisions
The Reporter of Decisions is the official responsible for publishing the decisions of a court. Traditionally, the decisions were published in books known as case reporters or law reports...
in the United States, appointed by the Court of Appeals of New York in accordance with legislation enacted by that state in April, 1804. He occupied the office for one year, producing three volumes of the Reports, containing decisions from May 1803 to November 1805. Under the archaic abbreviation system once used for case citation
Case citation
Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported...
s, these reports are officially known as Caines' Reports, and are abbreviated as (vol) Cai. R. (page). Cases from other courts also reported by Caines are in volumes titled Caines' Cases, abbreviated as (vol) Cai. Cas. (page), while his edited versions of cases reported by William Coleman
William Coleman
William Coleman may refer to:*Bill Coleman, jazz trumpeter*Bill Coleman , Anglican bishop in Canada*Will Coleman , American football coach at the University of Kansas...
are titled Coleman & Caines' Cases, abbreviated as (vol) Cole. & Cai. Cas. (page).
Prior to becoming Reporter, Caines was a New York City
New York City
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lawyer, published the first volume of Lex Mercatoria Americana and prosecuted a noted libel case, People v. Croswell (3 Johns. Cas. 337 [1804]).
In 1819, Caines was among the founding members of the Missionary and Bible Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
The Methodist Episcopal Church, sometimes referred to as the M.E. Church, was a development of the first expression of Methodism in the United States. It officially began at the Baltimore Christmas Conference in 1784, with Francis Asbury and Thomas Coke as the first bishops. Through a series of...
. He died in Catskill, New York
Catskill (town), New York
Catskill is a town in the southeast part of Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 11,775 at the 2010 census. The western part of the town is in the Catskill Park....
, and is buried in the Thompson Street Cemetery there.
External links
- Biography of George Caines from the New York court system
- 200 Years of Law Reporting in New York from The Catchline, Bulletin of the Association of Reporters of Judicial Decisions