Missoula County District Court, Montana Document Format Requirements

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Proposed findings and conclusions must also be provided to the Court in Word format for review.

The proposed document also shall be provided to the Court in Word-format for its review.

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Give unmarked exhibits to the clerk for marking before using them at trial.

Hand all unmarked exhibits to the clerk for marking before using them in trial.

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Proposed jury instructions must be furnished to the Court with an original, one copy, and a Word-formatted document.

The original and one copy of each instruction proposed must be furnished to the Court, along with the instructions in a Word- formatted document.

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An allowed amended pleading must show additions and deletions using strike-through and underlining.

If a pleading is allowed to be amended (upon a motion to amend complaint for example), the amended pleading shall highlight what has been added or deleted (by strike through and underlining).

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Orders submitted with motions must be in Word format.

All Orders (uncontested or not) shall accompany the motion as separate documents and be submitted in a Word-formatted document.

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Format

PDF

Emailed documents must be PDFs attached to an email.

E-Mailed documents must be in a PDF format and submitted as an attachment to an email.

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After an exhibit is admitted, mark on it only with the Court's permission.

After an exhibit has been admitted, mark on it only with the Court's permission.

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Pleadings must conform to Rule 1 of the Montana Uniform District Court Rules or the Clerk must refuse to file and return them.

Any pleading filed in any action which does not conform to Rule 1 of the Montana Uniform District Court Rules shall not be filed by the Clerk and shall be returned to the party submitting it.

WARNING

Where appropriate, premark exhibits with the clerk for identification before trial.

Premark exhibits with the clerk for identification prior to trial where appropriate.

WARNING

A party may not attach an entire deposition or set of interrogatory responses to a brief when it refers to only a portion of that discovery document.

Exhibits and opinions. Attached exhibits shall also be excluded from the page limits, but parties may not attach an entire deposition or set of responses to interrogatories when only a portion of the discovery document is referred to in a brief.

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State’s exhibits must be identified by number and Defense exhibits by letter.

In this Judicial District, State’s exhibits are identified by number and Defense exhibits are identified by letter.

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Multiple email addresses may be provided for each attorney or party, but the total may not exceed 100 characters and each address must be separated by a semicolon.

Multiple email addresses may be provided for each attorney or party, but the total may not exceed 100 characters (each email address must be separated by a semi-colon).

WARNING

A civil pleading that does not conform to Montana Rules of Civil Procedure 10 or 11 may be stricken by the Court on its own initiative.

Any pleading filed in any civil action which does not conform to Rule 10 or 11 of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure may be stricken by the Court on its own initiative.

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Parties may not attach a copy of an opinion that can be cited.

Parties may not in any case attach a copy of an opinion that can be cited.

INFO

Pre-marking exhibits is helpful; exhibit stickers are available from the clerk of court.

It is helpful to have exhibits pre-marked and the clerk of court has exhibit stickers.

INFO

Pleadings should use either a proportionately spaced typeface of at least 14 points or a monospaced typeface of no more than 10.5 characters per inch.

All pleadings (brief, petition, motion or other paper) should be formatted using either a proportionately spaced typeface of 14 points or more, or a monospaced typeface of no more than 10.5 characters per inch.