St. Louis County Circuit Court Filing Rules

The party filing a motion must file a notice of hearing for an agreed-upon date stating whether the motion will be heard in person or by WebEx.

Fentanyl, Xylazine and ETG testing may be excluded only if the Court states the exclusion in a written order.

When necessary to effectuate drug testing, the Children's Division Case Manager or supervisor and/or the Deputy Juvenile Officer or supervisor must provide a copy of the standing order and any other drug screen court order to the drug testing facility.

A notice for a WebEx hearing requires consent of all parties and must include the WebEx meeting ID, meeting room link, and call-in number.

In Chapter 211 cases where the court orders drug and alcohol testing of any party, all testing must include Fentanyl, Xylazine, and Ethyl glucuronide (ETG) in addition to standard screens, and all testing reports must include the results for these substances.

Plaintiff's jury instructions must be filed no later than 10 days before the pre-trial conference.

Counsel must set a pre-trial conference at which outstanding motions are heard no later than 10 calendar days (including weekends) before trial, and motions not heard by then are deemed abandoned.

Oral argument may be requested in writing within ten days of filing a motion, or set by the Court.

Counsel must set a pre-trial conference to hear their motions no later than 10 days (including weekends) before trial, and any motions not heard by then are deemed abandoned.

A party may be excused from the in-person meet-and-confer requirement for good cause shown, such as opposing counsel's refusal to respond to requests to meet and confer.

Discovery disputes (including motions to compel or for sanctions) will not be heard unless counsel first meet at least once in person or by video conference and file a joint memorandum before obtaining a hearing date from the division clerk.

No discovery dispute will be heard unless counsel meet at least once in person or by video conference in good faith and file a joint memorandum before obtaining a hearing date.

Motions must be e-mailed to Heather.Cunningham@courts.mo.gov at least 10 days prior to pre-trial (sentence begins on prior page; beginning of sentence missing from this text).

All outstanding motions, pre-trial motions, motions in limine, and proposed jury instructions must be e-mailed to chambers at Bruce.Hilton@courts.mo.gov at least one week before trial.

Counsel setting a motion for summary judgment for hearing must deliver courtesy copies of the operative pleadings, critical exhibits, up to 3 primary cases per party, and the movant's proposed judgment to Division 12 chambers at least one week before the hearing.

Proposed jury instructions should be submitted in Word format.

The e-mailed copy of the summary judgment package must be in Word format.

Summary judgment courtesy copies must be securely bound in a binder, with each document separately tabbed and an index identifying the document under each tab.

Summary judgment motions under Rule 74.04 RSMo must be filed as a single package containing the motion, statement of uncontroverted facts, supporting memorandum, response in opposition with statement of uncontroverted facts, reply, and any permitted sur-replies, by the court-set deadline.

All summary judgment filings under 74.04 RSMo must be filed together in a single package.

In cross-motion summary judgment cases, counsel for the party who first filed a motion for summary judgment must prepare and deliver the courtesy copy binder.

The Children's Division Case Manager or supervisor and/or the Deputy Juvenile Officer or supervisor must deliver a copy of the standing order with any drug screen court order to the drug testing facility.

Discovery must be served no later than 30 days before the discovery deadline.