IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
| Joint Procedure Committee, | ) | PETITION FOR ADOPTION, |
| ) | AMENDMENT, OR REPEAL OF | |
| Petitioner, | ) | PROCEDURAL COURT RULES |
TO: The Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota:
The Joint Procedure Committee petitions the Supreme Court, under Section 3, NDRPR, for an order adopting the following proposals:
North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 6 - Time
Rule 11 - Signing of Pleadings, Motions and Other Papers; Representations to Court; Sanctions
Rule 14 - Third-Party Practice
Rule 31 - Depositions of Witnesses Upon Written Questions
Rule 33 - Interrogatories to Parties
Rule 34 - Production of Documents and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes
Rule 36 - Requests for Admission
Rule 37 - Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery; --Sanctions
Rule 45 - Subpoena
Rule 50 - Judgment as a Matter of Law in Actions Tried By Jury
Rule 52 - Findings by the Court
Rule 54 - Judgment--Costs
Rule 56 - Summary Judgment
Rule 59 - New Trials-Amendment of Judgments
Rule 80 - Transcript as Evidence
North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 16 - Discovery and Inspection
Form 7 - Rule 32, NDRCrimP
North Dakota Rules of Evidence Rule 705 - Disclosure of Facts or Data Underlying Expert Opinion
North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 4 - Appeal--When Taken
Rule 31 - Filing and Service of Briefs
Rule 34 - Oral Argument
North Dakota Rules of Court Rule 1.1 - Scope
Rule 3.2 - Motions
This petition is supported by the attached material containing the proposed rules, proposed explanatory notes and synopses of the proposals.
Dated August 8, 1996.
Members of the Joint Procedure Committee: Honorable Wallace D. Berning
Professor Larry Kraft
Honorable Bruce E. Bohlman
Mr. Robert C. Heinley
Honorable Donovan Foughty
Mr. Michael R. Hoffman
Honorable Gail Hagerty
Mr. John C. Kapsner
Honorable Ronald L. Hilden
Mr. James L. Lamb
Honorable Maurice R. Hunke
Mr. Ronald H. McLean
Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc
Ms. Patricia R. Monson
Honorable Kirk Smith
Ms. Sherry Mills Moore
Honorable James A. Wright
Mr. James T. Odegard
Ms. Cathy Howe Schmitz
/s/ Dale Sandstrom
Justice Dale V. Sandstrom
Chair