COURT RULES

SUPREME COURT OF OKLAHOMA

Adopted July 22, 1913

I. Terms. The regular terms of this court VII. Briefs, will be held beginning on the second Tuesday of January, April, July and October, each year, at 10:00 o'clock a. m., standard time. Special sessions may be held at any time upon call of the Chief Justice. The fore noon sitting shall convene at 10:00 o'clock and the afternoon sitting at 2:00 o'clock.

Civil-Service-Filing. In

each civil cause filed in this court, counsel for plaintiff in error shall, unless otherwise ordered by the court, serve his brief on counsel for defendant in error at least forty (40) days before the case is set for submission. Counsel for plaintiff in error shall file with the clerk of this court fifteen (15) copies of II. Assignment of Cases. All causes in such brief within the time above designated, which no notice for oral argument has been and defendant in error shall, within thirty given shall stand for submission on the first (30) days after the service of the brief of day of the term; all cases standing for trial plaintiff in error upon him, file with the will be heard in the order assigned, unless clerk of this court fifteen (15) copies of his the court, on proper motion and showing, answer brief, and serve same upon plaintiff shall order otherwise; provided, that in mak-in error; and all reply briefs, except as othing up the trial docket the clerk shall so arrange the assignment of cases that those from each supreme judicial district may be heard together as nearly as may be.

III. Notice Of Trial Docket-Of Orders. At least seventy (70) days prior to the commencement of each term of court, the clerk shall send to the attorneys interested a printed copy of the trial doctet for the term following, showing the day on which each cause will be heard. All attorneys interested shall be notified by the clerk of all orders of the court concerning each case.

IV. Oral Arguments. Attorneys desiring to make oral arguments shall file notice thereof with the clerk of such intention within ninety (90) days after the commencement of the proceeding in error. If no such notice is served, causes will stand submitted on briefs. No motion shall be argued unless by direction of the court. One hour only, except with the consent of the court, shall be consumed in the oral argument of a cause by counsel of either party.

V. Motions-Requisites. All motions to the court shall be reduced to writing and shall contain a brief statement of the facts and objects of the motion, supported by citation of the authorities relied upon; and, except in cases where all the facts relied upon are of record, such motions shall be supported by affidavit. No motion shall be considered unless reasonable notice has been given to counsel upon the opposite side of the case, except where, in the opinion of the court, an emergency exists.

VI. Motion to Advance Cause. Every motion to advance a cause shall contain a brief statement of the matter involved, with the reason for the application.

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erwise ordered by the court, must be filed by the date the case is submitted or called for argument. Proof of service must be filed with the clerk within ten (10) days after service.

In case of failure to comply with the requirements of this rule, the court may continue or dismiss the cause, or reverse or affirm the judgment, in its discretion.

VIII. Citations. In all proceedings in this court, in citing cases from the courts of this state, counsel are required to cite the volume and page of the official state reports in which

the case is reported. A failure to comply with this rule will render briefs subject to be stricken from the files.

IX. Rehearings. Application for a rehearing in any cause, unless otherwise ordered by the court, shall be made by a petition to the court signed by counsel and filed with the clerk within fifteen (15) days from the date on which the opinion in the cause is filed. Such petition shall state briefly the grounds upon which counsel relies for a rehearing, and show either that some question decisive of the case and duly submitted by the counsel has been overlooked by the court, or that the decision is in conflict with an express statute or controlling decision, to which the attention of the court was not called, either in brief or oral argument, or which has been overlooked by the court, and the question, statute, or decision so overlooked must be distinctly and particularly set forth in the petition. No oral argument will be allowed on an application for rehearing, except upon order of the court, but if such application is granted, the cause shall be assigned for rehearing, and the clerk shall notify both parties or their counsel of the (ix)