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 Appellate Procedure
Rule 10 - The Record on Appeal
Rule 40 - Petition for Rehearing
Rule 43 - Substitution of Parties
North Dakota Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule 4 - Persons Subject to Jurisdiction - Process - Service
Rule 33 - Interrogatories to Parties
Rule 37 - Failure to Make or Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
North Dakota Rules of Criminal Procedure
Rule 5 - Initial Appearance Before the Magistrate
Rule 43 - Presence of the Defendant
North Dakota Supreme Court Administrative Rules
This petition is supported by the attached material containing the proposed rules, proposed explanatory notes, and synopsis of the proposals.
Dated July 1, 2003.
Members of the Joint Procedure Committee:
| Honorable Bruce E. Bohlman | Professor Linda Bata |
| Honorable Donovan Foughty | Mr. Michael R. Hoffman |
| Honorable M. Richard Geiger | Mr. John C. Kapsner |
| Honorable Gail Hagerty | Mr. Daniel S. Kuntz |
| Honorable Ronald L. Hilden | Mr. Galen J. Mack |
| Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc | Mr. Ronald H. McLean |
| Honorable David W. Nelson | Ms. Sherry Mills Moore |
| Honorable Thomas J. Schneider | Mr. Stephen W. Plambeck |
| Honorable Mikal Simonson | Ms. Cathy Howe Schmitz |
| Mr. Michael G. Sturdevant |
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Justice Dale V. Sandstrom
Chair