In re Briggs

The Southern District Court Reporters, the appellant, is a copartnership consisting of the sixteen official court reporters for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The reporters are appointed by the District Court Judges and receive a fixed annual salary. The reporters formed the partnership, with the permission of the Judges, in order to facilitate the work of transcribing the records of judicial proceedings and also to enable them to carry on private stenographic work.

The firm regularly employs six typists and two clerical workers. All fees obtained from…