"Official Report" Contracts between
State Courts and Law Report Publishers

Peter W. Martin
Cornell Law School
       


  State Current Publisher Year contract began Note
  Arkansas   2007 (Thomson / West) Arkansas ended print publication of official reports in 2009. Electronic version at judiciary website is now the "official report". See Ark. Sup. Ct. Rule 5-2.
  California LexisNexis 2010, 2003 LexisNexis submitted the only proposal in response to the 2010 RFP. Contract runs through June 2015 plus a possible 2-year extension.
  Georgia Thomson / West 2008, 2004 (LexisNexis) Georgia law requires the contract to go to the bidder offering the lowest price on the bound volumes. There were three qualified bidders in 2008. With annual extensions contract runs through June 2012.
  Illinois Thomson / West 2004 Contract runs through July 2011.
  Massachusetts Thomson / West 2009, 2001 Contract runs through June 2012 plus two possible 1-year extensions.
  Michigan Thomson / West 2004 Contract runs through April 2012.
  New Hampshire LexisNexis 2002 Publication continues under the terms of a written contract that by its terms only applies through volume 150 (which was published in 2004).
  New York Thomson / West 2005 Contract runs through December 2010.
  Ohio Thomson / West 2001 Contract runs through July 2011.
  Vermont LexisNexis 2009, 2006 Contract covers publication of volumes 184-186 of the Vermont Reports. Next contract to be issued soon.
  Washington LexisNexis 2007, 2000 Contract runs through June 2012.

 

 

Last revised:
6/29/2010