Henry Curtis Lind Explained

Henry Curtis Lind
Office:14th Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States
Term Start:1979
Term End:1989
Predecessor:Henry Putzel Jr.
Successor:Frank D. Wagner
Birth Date:12 October 1921
Birth Place:Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.
Education:Princeton University (AB)
Harvard University
Profession:Lawyer

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Henry C. Lind, U.S. Supreme Court's reporter of decisions . McDonough . Megan . November 20, 2013 . Washington Post . November 21, 2019 . en-US . 0190-8286.
  2. Book: Hall. Kermit. Ely. James W.. Grossman. Joel B.. The Oxford companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. 23 April 2011. 2005. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-517661-2. 587, 848.