83.VI.01: Opening Statement
Local Rules of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina — Civil Rules
83.VI.01: Opening Statement. Counsel for any party may summarize their pleadings to the jury or make a statement to the jury of the ultimate facts alleged in the pleadings and their theory of the case, but counsel shall not argue the case during the opening statement. The pleadings shall not be submitted to the jury for its deliberations.