Court of Common Pleas of Warren County, Pennsylvania Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

A party choosing to file a brief must meet the schedule of 10 days before argument court for the moving party and 3 days before argument court for the responding party.

Any party desiring to file a brief shall do so upon the following schedule: (1) The moving party shall file a brief ten days in advance of argument court and (2) The responding party shall file a brief three days in advance of argument court.

CRITICAL

Post-trial relief motions must be argued on the regular scheduled civil calendar argument date.

All post-trial relief motions shall be in writing and shall be argued before the Court on the regular scheduled civil calendar argument date.

WARNING

Each party’s oral argument is limited to 10 minutes unless the Court extends the time.

Oral arguments shall be limited to a maximum of ten (10) minutes for each party unless extended by the Court.

WARNING

A response to preliminary objections is not required unless the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure or the court’s scheduling order requires one.

No response is required to any preliminary objection unless required by Pa.R.C.P. or unless required by the Court in the scheduling order.

WARNING

A response to a motion is not required unless the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure or the Court’s scheduling order requires one.

No response is required to any motion unless required by Pa.R.C.P. or unless required by the Court in the scheduling order. See L210 for briefing requirements.

WARNING

Rebuttal and surrebuttal argument are permitted only with leave of Court.

Rebuttal and surrebuttal argument shall be permitted only by leave of Court.