Circuit Court of Edwards County, Illinois (2nd Judicial Circuit) Document Format Requirements
7 rules from official source documents
Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings.
CRITICAL
In civil and criminal cases, the main body of pleadings and other papers prepared for filing must be neatly typed or printed with at least double-spaced line spacing, excluding the listed portions.
In all pleadings and other papers of any description whatever prepared for filing in all cases, civil or criminal, the main body thereof, exclusive of captions, signature and address blocks, indented quotations, verifications, acknowledgment, and other similar parts thereof, shall be neatly typed or printed, with a space between lines at least equivalent to double-spaced typing.
WARNING
Case citations in oral or written presentations must identify the case's opening page and pinpoint pages in at least one cited reporter; citing only “supra” or “infra” is prohibited.
In any oral or written presentation to the court, citation of cases shall be to the page of the volume where the case begins, and to the pages upon which the pertinent material appears in at least one of the reporters cited. Use of "supra" or "infra" only is not permitted.
WARNING
Illinois cases must be cited to the official reports, though a citation to the North Eastern Reporter or Illinois Decisions may also be added.
Citation to Illinois cases shall be to the official reports, but citation to North Eastern Reporter or Illinois Decisions may be added.
WARNING
Citations to cases from other jurisdictions must include the decision date and may cite the official state reports, the National Reporter System, or both.
Citation of cases from other jurisdictions shall include the date of the decision, and may be to either the official State reports or to the National Reporter system, or both.
WARNING
When citing only the National Reporter System, identify the court that rendered the decision.
If only the National Reporter System citation is used, the court rendering the decision shall be identified.
WARNING
Pleadings and other papers must be neatly typed or printed and at least double-spaced, while pro se parties may file neatly hand-printed papers with similar spacing.
In all pleadings and other papers of any description whatever prepared for filing in all cases, civil or criminal, the main body thereof, exclusive of captions, signature and address blocks, indented quotations, verifications, acknowledgment and other similar parts thereof, shall be neatly typed or printed, with a space between lines at least equivalent to double-spaced typing. Neatly hand-printed pleadings and papers, with similar spacing, may be filed by pro se parties.
INFO
Pro se parties may file neatly hand-printed pleadings and papers, using spacing equivalent to double-spaced typing.
Neatly hand-printed pleadings and papers, with similar spacing, may be filed by pro se parties.
What formatting rules apply to filings in Circuit Court of Edwards County, Illinois (2nd Judicial Circuit)?
Circuit Court of Edwards County, Illinois (2nd Judicial Circuit)'s formatting rule includes double spacing and the main body must be neatly typed or printed; captions, signature and address blocks, indented quotations, verifications, acknowledgments, and similar parts are excluded from this requirement.. In civil and criminal cases, the main body of pleadings and other papers prepared for filing must be neatly typed or printed with at least double-spaced line spacing, excluding the listed portions.
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