Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Document Format Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

A supersedeas application must be in motion or petition form, as appropriate, and due notice of its presentation must be given to the municipality or its solicitor and to adversely interested parties who have appeared.

An application for a supersedeas shall be in motion or petition form, as may be appropriate, and due notice of its presentation shall be given in accordance with these rules to the municipality or its solicitor and to the parties adversely interested in the case who have entered an appearance.

CRITICALCivil cases

Format

PDF

Legal papers presented for filing must be in PDF format.

Legal papers shall be presented for filing in portable document format (“PDF”).

CRITICALCivil cases

During a videotape deposition, counsel must state only “objection” and request that the operator stop the tape; any argument must be made off camera on the written transcript.

(a) When counsel makes an objection, counsel shall merely state the word “objection” and request that the video operator stop the videotape. Any arguments on objection shall be made on the written transcript but off camera.

WARNINGCivil cases

The affidavit required by the rule must substantially follow the format in Appendix Form 7.

The affidavit required by this Rule shall be in substantially the format set forth in Form 7 of the Appendix to these Rules.

WARNINGCivil cases

Format

PDF

When a legal paper or exhibit is presented in person in hard copy, the Clerk must convert and maintain it as a PDF and return the original hard copy to the filing party for retention.

In the event any legal paper or exhibit is presented in hard copy, in person, for filing, to the Clerk of Judicial Records, the Clerk of Judicial Records shall convert such legal paper to, and maintain such legal paper as, a PDF and shall return the hard copy to the filing party for retention in accordance with Pa. R.C.P. No. 205.4(b)(4).

WARNINGCivil cases

Citations to appellate opinions from any jurisdiction must be to that court's official reporter.

Citations to opinions of an appellate court of this or another jurisdiction shall be to the official reporter of that court.

WARNINGCivil cases

A brief's argument must be divided into the same number of parts as there are questions involved.

The argument shall be divided into as many parts as there are questions involved.

WARNINGCivil cases

The rule defines a street address as the street number and name, or, if no number exists, the land between the nearest existing street numbers or intersecting streets and the street name.

(b) Street address is defined as the street number and street name where a number exists. Where no street number exists, the street address is defined as the land and/or portion of land between the nearest two street numbers and/or intersecting streets which do exist and the street name.