But how are their decisions to be known?

OTHER OFFICIAL REPORTERS

The history of official law reporting in New York is not limited to the official reports of the courts of last resort.

During the course of the nineteenth century, official reports for other courts were introduced. Like the reports of the Supreme Court of Judicature and the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors, other official reports of this era are called "nominative" reports, since they are cited by the name of the reporter who compiled them. The most prolific of the reporters of the nominative reports was Marcus T. Hun, who published 92 volumes of the decisions of the General Terms of the Supreme Court, the predecessor of the Appellate Division.

   Just as the nominative reports for the courts of last resort had come to an end with the introduction of the New York Reports in 1847, the nominative reports of the lower courts were completely eliminated by the introduction of the Appellate Division Reports and the Miscellaneous Reports in the 1890s.

   While the Appellate Division Reports and the Miscellaneous Reports originally had their own reporters, the elimination of these positions was completed with the consolidation of all official law reporting under the State Reporter in 1938. The Supreme Court (Appellate Division) Reporter became First Deputy State Reporter. Earlier, the office and personnel of the Miscellaneous Reporter had been folded into the office of Supreme Court (Appellate Division) Reporter.

   Thus, the current Deputy State Reporter, Charles A. Ashe, and Assistant State Reporter, William J. Hooks, can be considered direct successors of the Supreme Court (Appellate Division) Reporters and Miscellaneous Reporters, respectively. Under the supervision of the State Reporter, Mr. Ashe has primary responsibility for the Appellate Division Reports and Mr. Hooks for the Miscellaneous Reports.

   A complete list of all official reporters, other than reporters of the courts of last resort, follows.

1. Reporters of the Court of Chancery (1814-1848):
William Johnson	1814-1823	7 Volumes	Johns Ch
Samuel M. Hopkins	1823-1826	1	Hopk Ch
Alonzo C. Paige	1828-1845	11	Paige Ch
Oliver L. Barbour	1845-1848	3	Barb Ch
2. Reporters of the Vice-Chancellors' Courts (1831-1848):
Lewis H. Sanford^*	1843-1847	4 Volumes	Sandf Ch
Charles L. Clarke (Whittlesey, Vice-Ch.)	1839-1841	1	Clarke Ch
Charles Edwards (McCoun, Vice-Ch.)	1831-1850	4	Edw Ch
Murray Hoffman^*	1839-1840	1	Hoff Ch

^*Indicates that Reporter was also judge of the court.

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