Big Horn County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

CRITICAL

Briefs must comply with Rule 1, U.D.C.R., including its requirements for pagination, spacing, and page numbering.

A. Form of Briefs: All briefs shall comply with Rule 1, U.D.C.R., including but not limited to its restrictions on pagination, spacing, page numbering, etc.

CRITICAL

Electronic copies of the proposed instructions and verdict forms shall be provided to the Court in Word format, via email, CD, or other electronic media.

Electronic copies of the proposed instructions and verdict forms shall be provided to the Court in Word format, via email, CD, or other electronic media.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Transcript request

A party seeking an extension to prepare a transcript must first make a written request to the Court Reporter.

shall first make a written request to the Court Reporter for a transcript of the notes of the testimony

CRITICAL

For summary-judgment briefing, parties must include factual issues in the brief and may not file or attach a separate statement.

No separate statement of genuine issues, disputed, or undisputed facts shall be filed by any party when briefing a Motion for Summary Judgment, nor may a separate statement be submitted as an attachment. Rather, all such issues shall be included in the brief that is subject to the page limitation.

CRITICAL

Format

DOCX

Proposed orders submitted by registered users must be in Word format.

Registered users shall submit all proposed orders in the electronic filing system in Word format so they may be edited as necessary by Chambers.

CRITICAL

Briefs must use Times New Roman or Arial font, at least 12 points.

B. Acceptable Fonts: All briefs shall be written in either Times New Roman or Arial font, no smaller than 12 pt.

CRITICAL

Briefs must comply with Local Rule 10-2, and a noncompliant brief may be stricken and not considered.

All briefs shall comply with Local Rule 10-2, infra. Failure to comply with Local Rule 10-2 may subject an offending brief to being stricken from the record and not being considered by the Court.

CRITICAL

Counsel must provide the Court Administrator an electronic copy of the proposed order in Word format.

Counsel shall provide an electronic copy of the proposed Order in Word format to the Court Administrator.

WARNING

Interrogatories and answers must conform to Rule 33 of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure.

A. The form of interrogatories and answers thereto shall conform to the requirements of Rule 33, M.R.Civ.P.

WARNING

The Court may strike papers that do not conform to Rules 10 or 11 of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure.

Any papers filed which do not conform to Rule 10 or 11, M.R.Civ.P., may be stricken by the Court, on its own initiative and upon such terms as to the Court may appear just.

WARNING

B. The Court will, except in extraordinary circumstances, sustain a motion to quash all interrogatories if it appears that numerous frivolous interrogatories are asked therein. (Comment: This rule is intended to require the interrogator to custom prepare his/her interrogatories to the case at hand.)

B. The Court will, except in extraordinary circumstances, sustain a motion to quash all interrogatories if it appears that numerous frivolous interrogatories are asked therein. (Comment: This rule is intended to require the interrogator to custom prepare his/her interrogatories to the case at hand.)