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 37.1 - Change in Location of a Hearing, Proceeding, or Trial; Change of Venue
Rule 77 - District Courts and Clerks
Rule 82 - Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
North Dakota Rules of Appellate Procedure
North Dakota Rules of Court
Rule 2.2 - Facsimile Transmission
This petition is supported by the attached material containing the proposed rules, proposed explanatory notes, and synopsis of the proposals.
Dated July 5, 2001.
Members of the Joint Procedure Committee:
| Honorable Bruce E. Bohlman | Professor Larry Kraft |
| 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. Ronald H. McLean |
| Honorable Lawrence A. Leclerc | Ms. Sherry Mills Moore |
| Honorable David W. Nelson | Mr. James T. Odegard |
| 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