L.A.R. 1.1: Scope and Organization of Rules

The following Local Appellate Rules (L.A.R.) are adopted by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit as supplementary to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (FRAP) and apply to procedure in this court. The numbering of the Local Appellate Rules has been organized to follow the numbering system of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure in order to increase public accessibility to the Rules. Where a local rule has no counterpart in the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure it is classified as a Miscellaneous Rule. The Miscellaneous Local Appellate Rules begin with Rule 101.0.

The Local Appellate Rules bind all litigants in this court. Each Local Appellate Rule is numbered to correspond to its counterpart in the Federal Rules, e.g., Local Appellate Rule 1.0 corresponds to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 1. Cross-references are provided for convenience and are not intended to be exhaustive. Committee Comments are provided by the court's Rules Committee and are intended to guide, but not bind, litigants in this court. The 1988 Local Rules were substantially revised in 1995. Unless otherwise noted, a rule was enacted in 1995. Substantive amendments made after 1995 and new rules adopted after 1995 are noted in the Committee Comments.