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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Ordered:

APRIL 17, 2000

1. That the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the
United States District Courts be, and they hereby are,
amended by including therein amendments to Civil Rules 4,
5, 12, 14, 26, 30, and 37 and to Rules B, C, and E of the
Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime
Claims.

[See infra, pp. 1159–1177.]
2. That the foregoing amendments to the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure and the Supplemental Rules for Certain
Admiralty and Maritime Claims shall take effect on Decem-
ber 1, 2000, and shall govern all proceedings in civil cases
thereafter commenced and, insofar as just and practicable,
all proceedings in civil cases then pending.

3. That The Chief Justice be, and hereby is, authorized
to transmit to the Congress the foregoing amendments to
the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in accordance with
the provisions of Section 2072 of Title 28, United States
Code.

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