Background
Richard Peters, Junior. was born in Belmont, Pennsylvania, the son of Richard Peters, an attorney later elected as Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania.
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Richard Peters, Junior. was born in Belmont, Pennsylvania, the son of Richard Peters, an attorney later elected as Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania.
Peters, Junior. studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1800.
In 1816, Peters was among a group of men led by Condy Raguet who founded the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society. In the early 20th century, it was the largest savings bank in the United States. He was appointed as the solicitor of Philadelphia County, serving from 1822 to 1825.
In 1828, Peters was appointed as Reporter of Decisions for the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, District of Columbia. He condensed the reports of his three predecessors to have a more concise version for legal reviews.
He eliminated the arguments of counsel, annotations, and other material, thereby reducing twenty-four volumes into six. His immediate predecessor Henry Wheaton sued.
The Supreme Court rejected Wheaton"s claim to a Common law copyright in his own reports in the first landmark case in American copyright law, Wheaton v. Peters. The Court dismissed Peters in 1843 because of the questionable "accuracy and fidelity" of his reports.
In addition, he had offended several of the justices.
Peters died in Belmont, Pennsylvania in 1848.
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