Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans Document Format Requirements

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Do not fax documents exceeding 15 pages, excluding the cover page.

DO NOT fax over anything more than 15 pages exclusive of the cover page.

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Civil cases

All pleadings must bear original wet signatures.

All signatures on all pleadings shall be “wet” (original) signatures.

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Civil cases

Agreed exhibits must receive Joint Exhibit labels, other exhibits must receive party-specific labels, all exhibits must be in binders, and the exhibit list must identify objections based on admissibility or authenticity.

All exhibits that are agreed upon as being both authenticated and admissible should be labeled as “Joint Exhibit No. 1, 2, 3 …” and put in binders. All other exhibits shall be labeled as either “Plaintiff Exhibit No. 1, 2, 3 …” or Defendant Exhibit No. 1, 2, 3 …” and put into binders. An exhibit list should be included of all exhibits. Those exhibits that are objected to should indicate whether it is for admissibility or authenticity or both.

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Civil cases

Exhibits must be labeled and organized in binders, with an exhibit list included and objections identifying admissibility, authenticity, or both.

All exhibits that are agreed upon as being both authenticated and admissible should be labeled as "Joint Exhibit No. 1, 2, 3..." and put in binders. All other exhibits shall be labeled as either "Plaintiff Exhibit No. 1, 2, 3..." or "Defendant Exhibit No. 1, 2, 3..." and put in binders. An exhibit list should be included of all exhibits. Those exhibits that are objected to should indicate whether it is for admissibility or authenticity or both.

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Civil cases

Counsel must deliver a tabbed hard-copy bench book of exhibits to the court five working days before trial.

Counsel shall deliver the hard copy bench book of tabbed exhibits to the Court FIVE WORKING DAYS before the start of trial.

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Civil cases

The final page of an order or judgment must contain a substantial portion of the document and cannot contain only the date and the judge's signature line.

The Judge will not sign any order/judgment where the last page does not have a substantial portion of the order/judgment. Any orders/judgments submitted with only the date and Judge’s signature line on the last page will not be signed.

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Civil cases

Format

DOCX

Proposed special jury charges and jury interrogatories must be submitted both as a hand-delivered hard copy and as an emailed MS Word copy.

Proposed special jury charges and jury interrogatories must be hand delivered to Division J chambers via a hard copy and a copy email in MS Word format must be submitted to the law clerks via email.

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Civil cases

Exhibits must be labeled by joint, plaintiff, or defendant designation, placed in binders, and accompanied by an exhibit list identifying any objections based on admissibility or authenticity.

All exhibits that are agreed upon as being both authenticated and admissible should be labeled as “Joint Exhibit No. 1, 2, 3 …” and put in binders. All other exhibits shall be labeled as either “Plaintiff Exhibit No. 1, 2, 3 …” or Defendant Exhibit No. 1, 2, 3 …” and put into binders. An exhibit list of all exhibits should be included. Those exhibits that are objected to should indicate whether it is for admissibility or authenticity or both.

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Fax transmissions to the division must not exceed 15 pages, excluding the cover page.

DO NOT fax over anything more than 15 pages exclusive of the cover page.

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Civil cases

Counsel shall deliver the hard copy bench book of tabbed exhibits to Division J chambers five working days before the start of trial.

Summary: Counsel must deliver a tabbed hard-copy exhibit bench book to chambers five working days before trial.

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Civil cases

Format

DOCX ?

an electronic copy in Word format must be submitted to the Law Clerk – via email – at least ten (10) days prior to trial.

Summary: The electronic copies of proposed special jury charges and jury interrogatories must be submitted in Word format by email at least 10 days before trial.

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Civil cases

Format

DOCX ?

These must be hand-delivered to the Court via hardcopy and an electronic copy in Word format must be submitted to the Law Clerk via email.

Summary: The bench-trial Quantum Study, proposed judgments, and proposed findings must be hand-delivered in hardcopy, while electronic copies in Word format must be emailed to the law clerk.

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Civil cases

All exhibits that are agreed upon as being both authenticated and admissible should be labeled as "Joint Exhibit No. 1,2,3..." and put in binders. All other exhibits shall be labeled as either "Plaintiff Exhibit No. 1,2,3..." or "Defendant Exhibit No.1,2,3..." and put in binders.

Summary: Exhibits must be labeled according to agreed or disputed status and placed in binders.

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Civil cases

LIST OF EXHIBITS (Please designate List as Plaintiff’s, Defendant’s or Joint & provide Court with copy of properly tabbed Bench Book)

Summary: The exhibit list must designate whether the list is Plaintiff's, Defendant's, or joint, and a properly tabbed Bench Book must be provided to the court.