XII § 6 Briefing
Part A: Practice and Procedure | Rule XII: Certified Questions from Federal Courts and Other State Courts of Last Resort
Rule Text
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.