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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

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particular  reason  why  those  citations  are  relevant  or  neces­
sary to the argument. 

Rule 35.	  Death, Substitution, and Revivor; Public 

Ofﬁcers 

1.  If a party dies after the ﬁling of a petition for a writ of 
certiorari  to  this  Court,  or  after  the  ﬁling of a  notice  of  ap­
peal,  the  authorized  representative  of  the  deceased  party 
may  appear  and,  on  motion,  be  substituted  as  a  party.  If 
the representative does not voluntarily  become a party, any 
other  party  may  suggest  the  death  on  the  record  and,  on 
motion,  seek  an  order  requiring  the  representative  to  be­
come  a  party  within  a  designated  time.  If  the  representa­
tive  then  fails  to  become  a  party,  the  party  so  moving,  if  a 
respondent  or  appellee,  is  entitled  to have  the  petition  for  a 
writ of certiorari or the appeal dismissed, and if a petitioner 
or  appellant,  is  entitled  to  proceed  as  in  any  other  case  of 
nonappearance by a respondent or appellee.  If the substitu­
tion  of  a  representative  of  the  deceased  is  not  made  within 
six months after the death of the party, the case shall abate. 
2.  Whenever  a  case  cannot  be  revived  in  the  court  whose 
judgment  is  sought  to  be  reviewed,  because  the  deceased 
party’s  authorized  representative  is  not  subject  to  that 
court’s  jurisdiction,  proceedings  will  be  conducted  as  this 
Court may direct. 

3.  When  a  public  ofﬁcer  who  is  a  party  to  a  proceeding  in 
this  Court  in  an  ofﬁcial  capacity  dies,  resigns,  or  otherwise 
ceases  to  hold  ofﬁce,  the  action  does  not  abate  and  any  suc­
cessor in ofﬁce is automatically substituted as a party.  The 
parties  shall  notify  the  Clerk  in  writing  of  any  such  succes­
sions.  Proceedings following the substitution shall be in the 
name of the substituted party, but any misnomer not affect­
ing substantial rights of the parties will be disregarded. 

4.  A  public  ofﬁcer  who  is  a  party  to  a  proceeding  in  this 
Court  in an  ofﬁcial  capacity may  be described  as  a party  by 
the ofﬁcer’s ofﬁcial title rather than  by name, but the Court 
may require the name to be added.