Federal Court Rule Revisions

Proposed amendments to the various sets of federal rules can be found here, on the United States Courts website.  The text of the proposed new Fed. R. App. Proc. 32.1, permitting citation to unpublished opinions, is here.  The Pending Rules Amendments page has the text of and commentary for the proposed Bankruptcy, Civil, Criminal and Evidence rules, too.  The rules have been submitted to Congress and will be effective December 1, 2006, unless Congress enacts legislation to reject, modify, or defer the amendment by that date.

Posted by Mary McCormick