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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

7.  In extraordinary circumstances the Court may adjudge 

double costs. 

Rule 44.  Rehearing 

1.  Any petition for the rehearing of any judgment or deci­
sion of the Court on the merits shall be ﬁled within 25 days 
after entry of the judgment or decision, unless the Court or 
a Justice shortens or extends the time.  The petitioner shall 
ﬁle 40 copies of the rehearing petition and shall pay the ﬁling 
fee  prescribed  by  Rule  38(b),  except  that  a  petitioner  pro­
ceeding  in  forma  pauperis  under  Rule  39,  including  an  in­
mate  of  an  institution,  shall  ﬁle  the  number  of  copies  re­
quired for a petition by such a person under Rule 12.2.  The 
petition  shall  state  its  grounds  brieﬂy  and  distinctly  and 
shall  be  served  as  required  by  Rule  29.  The  petition  shall 
be  presented  together  with  certiﬁcation  of  counsel  (or  of  a 
party unrepresented by counsel) that it is presented in good 
faith  and  not  for  delay;  one  copy  of  the  certiﬁcate  shall 
bear  the  signature  of  counsel  (or  of  a  party  unrepresented 
by  counsel).  A  copy  of  the  certiﬁcate  shall  follow  and  be 
attached to each copy of the petition.  A petition for rehear­
ing  is  not  subject  to  oral  argument  and  will  not  be  granted 
except by a majority of the Court, at the instance of a Justice 
who concurred in the judgment or decision. 

2.  Any  petition  for  the  rehearing  of  an  order  denying  a 
petition  for  a  writ  of  certiorari  or  extraordinary  writ  shall 
be  ﬁled  within  25  days  after  the  date  of  the  order  of  denial 
and shall comply with all the form and ﬁling requirements of 
paragraph 1 of this Rule, including the payment of the ﬁling 
fee if required, but its grounds shall be limited to intervening 
circumstances  of  a  substantial  or  controlling  effect  or  to 
other  substantial  grounds  not  previously  presented.  The 
petition  shall  be  presented  together  with  certiﬁcation  of 
counsel  (or  of  a  party  unrepresented  by  counsel)  that  it  is 
restricted to the grounds speciﬁed in this paragraph and that 
it  is  presented  in  good  faith  and  not  for  delay;  one  copy  of 
the  certiﬁcate  shall  bear  the  signature  of  counsel  (or  of  a