La. Sup. Ct. R. XLII, § 1

A. Case Management System (“CMS”) means the system used by the Supreme

Court of Louisiana for maintaining conventionally and electronically filed

documents at the Court.

B. Conventional Filing means the filing of paper documents pursuant to the

provisions of Rules I through XIII.

C. Court Data/Document Exchange (“CDX”) means the system maintained by

the Court for Registered Users to electronically file documents.

D. Docket Number means the number assigned to a case by the Clerk of Court.

E. Document means any instrument on which is recorded, by means of letters,

figures or marks the original, official or legal form of something, which may be

evidentially used.

F. Electronic Filing means uploading a document directly from the Registered

User’s computer to the Court Data/Document Exchange.

G. Electronic Filing Costs means the costs charged to Registered Users by the

Court for Electronic Filing and distribution of paper copies required by the Court.

H. Filing Confirmation means the written notice that is electronically mailed to

the Registered User by the Court Data/Document Exchange displaying the Filing

Number previously electronically mailed to the Registered User, the Docket

Number assigned to the case, the date and time of electronic filing of the document

and whether the Clerk of Court has accepted or rejected the electronically filed

document. The Filing Confirmation shall constitute proof of the electronic filing of

a document.

I. Filing Number means the number that is electronically mailed to the Registered

User by the Court Data/Document Exchange immediately upon electronic receipt

of the uploaded document from the Registered User’s computer.

J. Registered User means any attorney who has completed the Court

Data/Document Exchange Training Course, has registered a username and

password with the Court Data/Document Exchange and been approved by the clerk

of court for the electronic filing of documents.