Rule Text
84.02. Docketing Cases
After the notice of appeal has been filed, a docketing conference may be set by the court for the purpose of preparing a schedule for the filing of the record on appeal, including the transcript, and the briefs and considering the consolidation of related appeals. At a conference in a civil appeal the court may, inter alia, examine its jurisdiction and explore with the parties the possibility of settlement.
When the record on appeal is filed in the appellate court the case shall be docketed. Cases may be set for argument and submission in such order as the court deems advisable.
Appellate review of cases appealed under section 188.028.2(5), RSMo, shall be expedited.
Amendment history: (Adopted June 13, 1979, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. Amended July 27, 1979; amended March 17, 1982, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; June 25, 2001, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.)
Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)
This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.
Once you file a notice of appeal, the court may hold a docketing conference. This is a meeting where the court sets a schedule for filing the record on appeal, the transcript, and the written briefs. If there are related appeals, the court may also decide to combine them into one case. In civil appeals, the court can use this conference to check that it actually has the authority to hear the case and to talk with both sides about whether they might be able to settle instead of going through the full appeal.
Once the record on appeal is officially filed with the appellate court, the case gets docketed, meaning it's formally entered into the court's system. The court decides the order in which cases will be argued and submitted for decision. There's no set order required, so the court has flexibility here.
One specific type of case gets special treatment: appeals filed under section 188.028.2(5) of Missouri law. These cases must move through the appeals process faster than usual.
