Frank D. Wagner (lawyer)
Frank D. Wagner | |
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15th Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
In office 1987 – September 30, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Henry Curtis Lind |
Succeeded by | Christine Luchok Fallon |
Personal details | |
Born | Frank Douglas Wagner August 6, 1945 Dickinson School of Law (J.D. ) |
Frank Douglas Wagner (August 6, 1945 – August 28, 2016) was an American lawyer who served as the 15th
United States Supreme Court from 1987 to September 30, 2010.[1]
Wagner was born in
Washington, DC, editing publications on federal law.[2]
During his tenure as Reporter of Decisions, Wagner was responsible for 82 volumes of the U.S. Reports, more than any previous Reporter.[3] He also led the team that created the Supreme Court's first website,[4] and co-chaired the committee that wrote the Association of Reporters of Judicial Decisions’ influential position paper on "official" on-line documents.[5]
Wagner retired as Reporter of Decisions in 2010, and was succeeded by Christine Luchok Fallon. He died on August 28, 2016, at the age of 71.[6]
Notes
- ^ United States Supreme Court (2010). Official Reports of the Supreme Court. Supreme Court. pp. 476–.
- ^ See Frank D. Wagner, Official Law Reporting at the U.S. Supreme Court, in Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Official Law Reporting 40 (2004), pp. 40–49; id., at 114 [1].
- ^ See October Term 2009 S. Ct. J. 1030 [2].
- ^ Wagner, supra, at 48.
- ^ ARJD Statement of Principles The Association of Reporters of Judicial Decisions May 2008
- ^ Tony Mauro, "Remembering Frank Wagner, Who Helped the Supreme Court Go Digital", National Law Journal Supreme Court Brief, Sept. 14, 2016, available at [3].