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\n\n\n \n Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States<\/b>\n \n
\n \n\n ADOPTED January 27, 2003
\n EFFECTIVE May 1, 2003

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PART I. THE COURT<\/b>\n
\nRule 1<\/a>. Clerk\n
\nRule 2<\/a>. Library\n
\nRule 3<\/a>. Term\n
\nRule 4<\/a>. Sessions and Quorum\n\n

PART II. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS<\/b> \n
\nRule 5<\/a>. Admission to the Bar\n
\nRule 6<\/a>. Argument Pro Hac Vice<\/i> \n
\nRule 7<\/a>. Prohibition Against Practice\n
\nRule 8<\/a>. Disbarment and Disciplinary Action\n
\nRule 9<\/a>. Appearance of Counsel\n\n

PART III. JURISDICTION ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI<\/b> \n
\nRule 10<\/a>. Considerations Governing Review on Certiorari\n
\nRule 11<\/a>. Certiorari to a United States Court of Appeals Before \n Judgment\n
\nRule 12<\/a>. Review on Certiorari: How Sought; Parties\n
\nRule 13<\/a>. Review on Certiorari: Time for Petitioning\n
\nRule 14<\/a>. Content of a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari\n
\nRule 15<\/a>. Briefs in Opposition; Reply Briefs; Supplemental Briefs\n
\nRule 16<\/a>. Disposition of a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari\n\n

PART IV. OTHER JURISDICTION<\/b> \n
\nRule 17<\/a>. Procedure in an Original Action\n
\nRule 18<\/a>. Appeal from a United States District Court\n
\nRule 19<\/a>. Procedure on a Certified Question\n
\nRule 20<\/a>. Procedure on a Petition for an Extraordinary Writ\n\n

PART V. MOTIONS AND APPLICATIONS<\/b> \n
\nRule 21<\/a>. Motions to the Court\n
\nRule 22<\/a>. Applications to Individual Justices\n
\nRule 23<\/a>. Stays\n\n

PART VI. BRIEFS ON THE MERITS AND ORAL ARGUMENT<\/b> \n
\nRule 24<\/a>. Briefs on the Merits: In General\n
\nRule 25<\/a>. Briefs on the Merits: Number of Copies and Time to File\n
\nRule 26<\/a>. Joint Appendix\n
\nRule 27<\/a>. Calendar\n
\nRule 28<\/a>. Oral Argument\n\n

PART VII. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE<\/b> \n
\nRule 29<\/a>. Filing and Service of Documents; Special Notifications; \n Corporate Listing\n
\nRule 30<\/a>. Computation and Extension of Time\n
\nRule 31<\/a>. Translations\n
\nRule 32<\/a>. Models, Diagrams, and Exhibits\n
\nRule 33<\/a>. Document Preparation: Booklet Format; 8\u00bd- by 11-Inch \n Paper Format\n
\nRule 34<\/a>. Document Preparation: General Requirements\n
\nRule 35<\/a>. Death, Substitution, and Revivor; Public Officers\n
\nRule 36<\/a>. Custody of Prisoners in Habeas Corpus Proceedings\n
\nRule 37<\/a>. Brief for an Amicus Curiae<\/i>\n
\nRule 38<\/a>. Fees\n
\nRule 39<\/a>. Proceedings In Forma Pauperis<\/i>\n
\nRule 40<\/a>. Veterans, Seamen, and Military Cases\n\n

PART VIII. DISPOSITION OF CASES<\/b> \n
\nRule 41<\/a>. Opinions of the Court\n
\nRule 42<\/a>. Interest and Damages\n
\nRule 43<\/a>. Costs\n
\nRule 44<\/a>. Rehearing\n
\nRule 45<\/a>. Process; Mandates\n
\nRule 46<\/a>. Dismissing Cases\n\n

PART IX. DEFINITIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATE<\/b> \n
\nRule 47<\/a>. Reference to “State Court” and “State Law”\n
\nRule 48<\/a>. Effective Date of Rules\n

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