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What legal entity owns and/or has the rights to the transcripts of all court cases? There is no such entity. Although most court proceedings are recorded, only a small portion of those are transcribed. The recordings (which may be stenographic or electronic, or even both) are the property of the court.

Despite the increasing availability of digital recording over the past 25 years, licensed court reporters still play a large part in courtroom proceedings, depositions, and appeals. Courts around the world and far back into history have used some method to document court proceedings.

By law, each session of court and every proceeding designated by rule or order of the court or by one of the judges shall be recorded verbatim by shorthand, stenotype, stenomask, or electronic sound recording equipment.

U.S. Supreme Court opinions are published in three different reporters: (1) United States Reports (U.S.), which is the official reporter; (2) Supreme Court Reporter (S. Ct.), published by West; and (3) United States Supreme Court Reports, Lawyers' Edition (L. Ed., L. Ed.

Each session of the court and every other proceeding designated by rule or order of the court or by one of the judges shall be recorded verbatim by shorthand, mechanical means, electronic sound recording, or any other method, subject to regulations promulgated by the Judicial Conference and subject to the discretion ...