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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

ment  shall  be  presented  by  motion  under  Rule  21  and  shall 
set  out  speciﬁcally  and  concisely  why  more  than  one  attor­
ney  should  be  allowed  to  argue.  Divided  argument  is  not 
favored. 

5.  Regardless  of  the  number  of  counsel  participating  in 
oral  argument,  counsel  making  the  opening  argument  shall 
present the case fairly and completely and not reserve points 
of substance for rebuttal. 

6.  Oral  argument  will  not  be  allowed  on  behalf  of  any 

party for whom a brief has not been ﬁled. 

7.  By  leave  of  the  Court,  and  subject  to  paragraph  4  of 
this Rule, counsel for an amicus curiae whose brief has been 
ﬁled  as  provided  in  Rule  37  may  argue  orally  on  the  side  of 
a  party,  with  the  consent  of  that  party.  In  the  absence  of 
consent, counsel for an amicus curiae may seek leave of the 
Court to argue orally by a motion setting out speciﬁcally and 
concisely  why  oral  argument  would  provide  assistance  to 
the  Court  not  otherwise  available.  Such  a  motion  will  be 
granted only in the most extraordinary circumstances. 

PART  VII.  PRACTICE AND  PROCEDURE 

Rule 29.	  Filing and Service of Documents; Special 
Notiﬁcations; Corporate Listing 

1.  Any document required or permitted to be presented to 

the Court or to a Justice shall be ﬁled with the Clerk. 

2.  A document is timely ﬁled if it is received by the Clerk 
within the time speciﬁed for ﬁling; or if it is sent to the Clerk 
through  the  United  States  Postal  Service  by  ﬁrst-class  mail 
(including  express  or  priority  mail),  postage  prepaid,  and 
bears  a  postmark,  other  than  a  commercial  postage  meter 
label,  showing  that  the  document  was  mailed  on  or  before 
the  last  day  for  ﬁling;  or  if  it  is  delivered  on  or  before  the 
last  day  for  ﬁling  to  a  third-party  commercial  carrier  for 
delivery  to  the  Clerk  within  3  calendar  days.  If  submitted 
by an inmate conﬁned in an institution, a document is timely 
ﬁled if it is deposited in the institution’s internal mail system