IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
| Joint Procedure Committee, Petitioner, | ) ) ) ) | PETITION FOR ADOPTION, AMENDMENT, OR REPEAL OF COURT RULES |
TO: The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota:
The Joint Procedure Committee petitions the Supreme Court, under N.D.R.Proc.R. § 3, for an order adopting the following proposals:
North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule 16 - Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management
Rule 30 - Depositions Upon Oral Examination
Rule 58 - Entry and Notice of Entry of Judgment
Rule 77 - District Courts and Clerks
North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure
Rule 31 - Verdict
Rule 33 - New Trial
North Dakota Rules of Evidence
Rule 407 - Subsequent Remedial Measures
Rule 603 - Oath or Affirmation
Rule 803 - Hearsay Exceptions; Availability of Declarant Immaterial
Rule 804 - Hearsay Exceptions; Declarant Unavailable
Rule 807 - Residual Exception
North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 4 - Appeal--When Taken
North Dakota Rules of Court
Rule 3.3 - Change of Judge for Postjudgment Motion or Proceeding
Rule 6.11 - Predeliberation Discussion By Jurors
Rule 11.1 - Attorneys Not Licensed in North Dakota
Rule 11.2 - Withdrawal of Attorneys
Appendix B - Financial Statement and Affidavit
North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rules
North Dakota Rule on Local Court Procedural Rules
Section 10 - Effective Term of Local Court Rule
This petition is supported by the attached material containing the proposed rules, proposed explanatory notes, and synopsis of the proposals.
Dated July 28, 1999.
Members of the Joint Procedure Committee:
| Honorable Donovan Foughty | Professor Larry Kraft |
| Honorable M. Richard Geiger | Mr. Lynn M. Boughey |
| Honorable Gail Hagerty | Mr. Michael R. Hoffman |
| Honorable Ronald L. Hilden | Mr. John C. Kapsner |
| Honorable Maurice R. Hunke | Mr. Daniel S. Kuntz |
| Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc | Mr. Ronald H. McLean |
| Honorable David W. Nelson | Ms. Patricia R. Monson |
| Honorable Mikal Simonson | Ms. Sherry Mills Moore |
| Honorable Kirk Smith | Mr. James T. Odegard |
| Ms. Cathy Howe Schmitz |
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Justice Dale V. Sandstrom
Chair