Circuit Court of Wayne County, Illinois (2nd Judicial Circuit) Document Format Requirements

WARNING

Pleadings and other papers must have a neatly typed or printed main body with at least double-spaced line spacing, excluding the listed components.

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

Pleadings and other papers in civil and criminal cases must have a neatly typed or printed main body with at least double-spaced line spacing, excluding the listed components; 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.

WARNING

Case citations in oral or written presentations must identify the case's opening page and the pages containing pertinent material 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, with specified alternative reporters permitted; any presented case copy must be complete and show the official citation.

Citation to Illinois cases shall be to the official reports, but citation to North Eastern Reporter or Illinois Decisions may be added. Quotations may be cited to the official state reports, the North Eastern Reporter or Illinois Decisions. Each copy of a case presented to the court may be from either the official state reports, North Eastern Reporter or Illinois Decisions, but shall, in any case, be a complete copy of the case and shall show the official citation.

WARNING

Citations to cases from other jurisdictions must include the decision date, identify the deciding court if only a National Reporter citation is used, and any presented case copy must be complete.

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. If only the National Reporter System citation is used, the court rendering the decision shall be identified. A copy of a case presented to the court shall be a complete copy, and may be from either the official State reports or the National Reporter System.

INFO

Pro se parties may file neatly hand-printed pleadings and papers with similar spacing.

Neatly hand-printed pleadings and papers, with similar spacing, may be filed by pro se parties.