us supreme court handed down its first opinion on august the 3rd 1791 in the case of west v. barnes.
us supreme court handed down its first opinion on august the 3rd 1791 in the case of west v. barnes.
in what case did the us supreme court hand down its first opinion on august the 3rd 1791?
west v. barnes
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the hand took its name from the fact that it was particularly associated with formal records of the courts of common pleas and king's (or queen's) bench, although its use was not confined to them. in the 17th and 18th centuries the writing became increasingly stylised, to the point that it was virtually illegible to any reader unfamiliar with its conventions. the hand was banned from english law courts in 1731 by the proceedings in courts of justice act (4 geo. ii, c. 26), which required that, with effect from 25 march 1733, court proceedings "shall be written in such a common legible hand and character, as the acts of parliament are usually ingrossed in ... and not in any hand commonly called "court hand", and in words at length and not abbreviated". even in the 19th century, however, an ability to read court hand was considered useful for anyone who had to deal with old court records.
court hand