In re Miss. Rules Appellate Procedure

Full title: IN RE: MISSISSIPPI RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

Court: Supreme Court of Mississippi

Date published: Mar 9, 2010

No. 89-R-99027-SCT (Miss. Mar. 9, 2010)

Opinion

No. 89-R-99027-SCT.

March 9, 2010.

ORDER

GEORGE C. CARLSON, JR., PRESIDING JUSTICE

This matter is before the Court en banc on the Court's own motion to amend Rule 45(c) of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure to eliminate the requirement that copies of opinions be mailed to each party to the proceedings. After due consideration, the Court finds that Rule 45(c) should be updated as set forth below.

RULE 45. DUTIES OF THE CLERK

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(c) Notice of Orders or Judgment. Immediately upon the entry of an order or judgment, the clerk shall serve a notice of entry by mail upon each party to the proceeding, together with a copy of any opinion respecting the order or judgment, and shall make a note in the docket of the mailing. Service on a party represented by counsel shall be made on counsel.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Rule 4 5(c) of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure is hereby amended as set forth in this order. This amendment is effective on July 1, 2010.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall spread this order upon the minutes of the Court and shall forward a true certified copy to West Publishing Company for publication as soon as practical in the advance sheets of Southern Reporter, Third Series ( Mississippi Edition) and in the next edition of Mississippi Rules of Court.

SO ORDERED, this the 9th day of March, 2010.

TO AMEND: ALL JUSTICES.