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'''Ernest Knaebel''' ([[June 14]], [[1872]]-[[February 19]], [[1947]]) was an American lawyer and the eleventh [[Supreme Court of the United States Reporter of Decisions|reporter of decisions]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]], serving from [[1916]] to [[1944]].

Born [[West Boxford]], [[Massachusetts]], Knaebel was a graduate of [[Yale University]], receiving his [[A.B.]] in [[1894]], his [[L.L.B.]] in [[1896]], and his [[L.L.M.]] in [[1897]]. He practiced law in [[New York City]] in [[1898]] but soon moved to [[Denver, Colorado]]. He practiced law there until [[1902]], when he was named [[United States Attorney]], serving until [[1907]]. In that year he went to [[Washington, D.C.]], where he was a special assistant to the [[United States Attorney General]] until [[1911]] and then [[United States Assistant Attorney General|assistant attorney general]] from [[1911]] to [[1916]]. While at the [[United States Department of Justice]], he specialized in cases involving the public lands and Indian matters. He became reporter in [[1916]] and during his tenure, the [[Government Printing Office]] took over publication of the ''United States Reports''; previously private printers had issued them.

Some of Knaebel's official correspondence and other personal papers are housed with the Knaebel Family Papers collection at the [[American Heritage Center]] of the [[University of Wyoming]] and available for research.

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