§ 673. — Reporter.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 28USC673]
TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
PART III--COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CHAPTER 45--SUPREME COURT
Sec. 673. Reporter
(a) The Supreme Court may appoint and fix the compensation of a
reporter of its decisions who shall be subject to removal by the Court.
(b) The reporter may appoint and fix the compensation of necessary
professional and clerical assistants and other employees, with the
approval of the Court or the Chief Justice of the United States.
(c) The reporter shall, under the direction of the Court or the
Chief Justice, prepare the decisions of the Court for publication in
bound volumes and advance copies in pamphlet installments.
The reporter shall determine the quality and size of the paper,
type, format, proofs and binding subject to the approval of the Court or
the Chief Justice.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 919.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Secs. 325, 332, and 333 (Mar.
3, 1911, ch. 231, Secs. 219, 225, 226, 36 Stat. 1152, 1153; July 1,
1922, ch. 267, Secs. 1, 2, 42 Stat. 816; May 29, 1926, ch. 425, Sec. 1,
44 Stat. 677).
This section consolidates sections 332 and 333 of title 28, U.S.C.,
1940 ed., with part of section 325 of such title.
Provisions of section 325 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., relating to
appointment of clerk and marshal of the Supreme Court are incorporated
in sections 671 and 672 of this title.
The provision as to tenure is new and is added to insure consistency
with other revised sections relating to tenure of court officers.
The provisions of section 333 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., fixing
the reporter's salary at $8,000 per annum were omitted and the Court
given authority to fix the salary in conformity with sections 671 and
672 of this title relating to the clerk and the marshal.
Provisions of section 333 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., for
allowance of stationery, supplies, equipment, and office rent are
omitted as obsolete. Offices are now provided in the Supreme Court
building and supplies are furnished by the marshal.
The last sentence of section 333 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed.,
relating to the payment of the reporter's expenses from appropriation
for the Supreme Court, was omitted as surplusage.
The revised section makes specific the implied power to fix the
compensation of the reporter's assistants.
The provision in section 332 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed.,
authorizing the Public Printer to do the printing referred to in such
section, was omitted as unnecessary. (See section 111 of title 44,
U.S.C., 1940 ed., Public Printing and Documents.)
Authority for making an appropriation to carry into effect the
provisions of this section relating to compensation and allowances of
the reporter, compensation of his assistants, and preparation of the
decisions of the Supreme Court for publication, is contained in section
336 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. (Acts July 1, 1922, ch. 267, Sec. 5,
42 Stat. 818; May 29, 1926, ch. 425, Sec. 3, 44 Stat. 678), which is
omitted, but not repealed, as unnecessary in this revision.
