LA · rules
La. Sup. Ct. R. XII, § 6
Briefing
No briefs with respect to the question or questions certified shall be filed by the
parties until ordered by the Supreme Court of Louisiana. If so ordered, the
appellant or moving party in the certifying court shall have thirty (30) days from
the date of the order to file and serve upon the adversary party its brief. The
appellee or responding party in the certifying court shall have sixty (60) days from
the date of the order to file and serve upon its adversary its brief. If the Court elects
to certify a question on its own motion, the plaintiff in the certifying court shall
have thirty (30) days from the date of the order of certification to file and serve its
brief upon the defendant. The defendant in the certifying court shall have sixty (60)
days from the date of the order of certification to file and serve its brief upon the
plaintiff. In all other respects, the filing of the briefs shall be governed by Rule IV.
History
Repealed and re-enacted by the Supreme Court's order of December 2025 (Rules I–XII, XIV and XLII), effective 2026-01-01.
Provenance
- Source
- www.lasc.org
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- 2026-09-18
- Content hash
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