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In January 1863, the "Saint Paul Pioneer" carried an advertisement for five volumes of the "Supreme Court Reports of Minnesota." The books included cases decided by the Territorial Supreme Court, from 1851 to 1858, and decisions of the state Supreme Court from the November 1858 special term through the regular July 1861 term.

This appears to be the first time decisions of the Court were collected and published by a commercial printer for purchase by the legal profession.

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