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                                   RULE 56.
                               SUMMARY JUDGMENT


     (c)  Motion and Proceedings.

     (1)  A copy of the summary judgment motion and all supporting documents
shall be delivered, on the date of filing, to the presiding judge.

     (2)  Any motion for summary judgment or responsive pleadings to such a
motion shall list and identify all evidence the court shall consider.  Where
depositions or interrogatories are a part of the evidence relied upon, the
attorney's affidavits, briefs, and arguments must quote the portions applicable
or the attorney must attach copies of applicable pages of depositions or interrogatories.

     (3)  Summary judgments shall be heard during the court's regularly
scheduled civil motion calendar; PROVIDED, if the attorneys anticipate that the
matter may exceed one (1) hour, the matter must be noted on the trial
assignment docket for a special set time.

     (4)  Cross-motions for summary judgment will be treated as a new motion
for summary judgment.  Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties the timeline
for the cross motion shall be in accordance with CR 56 and the first filed
motion for summary judgment will proceed as scheduled except as otherwise
ordered by the court.

     (5)  Any material offered at a time later than required by this Rule over
objection of an attorney shall not be accepted and considered by the court
except upon the imposition of appropriate terms, including the right to a
continuance if requested.

     (6) The attorney for the moving party (whether original motion or cross-
motion) shall notify the clerk of the court no later than Thursday noon
preceding the date set for hearing and advise whether the motion will in fact
be argued.  If such notification is not timely made, the motion will be
stricken for resetting.


[Amended effective September 1, 1995; September 1, 2002; September 1, 2012.]
	

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