Rule 9.6 Form of the Pleadings; Civil Case Cover Sheet Form
Title II: Rules for Civil Proceedings in District Courts | Chapter 9: Procedure
Rule Text
All pleadings shall be typed or printed legibly, double-spaced, on legal-sized white paper, and written in the English language. Margins shall be 2" at the top and 1" on the sides and bottoms. Quotations and footnotes may be single-spaced. Once a matter is allotted, the docket number and the division or section assigned the matter shall be indicated in the caption.
At the commencement of any litigation involving an action for an offense or quasi-offense, counsel for the petitioner, counsel’s representative, or the self-represented litigant, shall complete a Civil Case Cover Sheet Form authorized by the Supreme Court of Louisiana. The Civil Case Cover Sheet Form appears in Appendix 9.6.
Amendment history: Adopted April 1, 2002, effective April 1, 2002; amended November 20, 2009, effective January 1, 2010; amended November 27, 2012, effective January 1, 2013.