Case Title: Uniform District Court Rules

Citation: 

Docket Number: b6f3afe3-e163-4974-899e-e5f7b0532780

State: montana

Court: Montana Supreme Court

Date: 2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

Document:
FILED

September 10 2008,

IN THE SUPREME courr or Tae state or Moxa TL, ED

AFO7O110 SEP 1 0 2008
. Ed. Smith
IN RE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ) LER oF TE supRENE couRT
‘TO THE MONTANA UNIFORM ) oRDER™ NN
DISTRICT COURT RULES )

‘On August 20, 2008, the Court amended the Uniform District Court Rules to reflect
changes in the law requiring that jurors be selected from lists of drivers and ID card holders as
well as voters. Rule 9 of the UDCR was amended to reflect the present state of the law and to
address the question of access to answers given inthe juror questionnaires. Ithas been brought to
the attention of the Court that the amendment did not specifically allow judges to have access to
said answers.

Accordingly, Uniform District Court Rule 9 is amended as follows:

Rule 9. Juror Questionnaire

‘The completed forms will only be available to the parties, the attorneys for

the partes, judges and court employees. Others requesting the completed forms

must file a Request for Private Information with the Court, The jury questionnaire

will be destroyed by the clerk’s office within a reasonable length of time after the

‘conclusion of the jury term

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order shall be posted on the websites of the
Montana State Law Library and the State Bar of Montana. ‘The State Bar of Montana is further
requested to give notice of this Order and of its website posting in the next available issue of The

Montana Lawyer.
ITIS FURTHER ORDERED that this Order be circulated electronically by the office of |
the Clerk of this Court to all district court judges in the state of Montana. In addition, a copy of

this Order shall be electronically published on the website of the judicial branch,

hhip://www/eourts/mt.gov, and on the website of the State Bar of Montana,

Loy Hoa
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DATED this (otha, ‘of September, 2008.

 

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