Title: In Re: Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure
Citation: 89-R-99027-SCT
Docket Number: N/A
State: Mississippi
Issuer: Mississippi Supreme Court
Date: March 20, 2008

Serial: 146325 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI No. 89-R-99027-SCT IN RE: MISSISSIPPI RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE ORDER This matter is before the Court on its own motion to amend Rule 27(f) of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure to expand the provision under which the Court may publish proposed rule amendments for public comment. After due consideration, the Court finds that Rule 27(f) should be amended, as follows: ........ (f) Motions Proposing Adoption, Repeal, or Amendment of Rules of Court and Rules Governing the Practice of Law. All applications concerning the adoption, repeal, or amendment of the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of Evidence, Rules of Appellate Procedure, Uniform Circuit and County Court Rules, Uniform Chancery Court Rules, Uniform Rules of Procedure for Justice Court, Code of Judicial Conduct, Rules of the Commission on Judicial Performance, Rules and Regulations for Mandatory Continuing Judicial Education, Rules of Professional Conduct, Rules of Discipline for the Mississippi Bar, Rules and Regulations for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, Rules Governing Admission to the Mississippi Bar, and all other rules affecting the practice of law and the administration of the courts in Mississippi shall be filed in the Supreme Court. Such motions shall comply with all other requirements of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure; specifically, four (4) copies shall be filed with the original, but the Supreme Court may require that additional copies be furnished. No notice or response to such motion shall be required, except as may be required by the Court, but the Court may in its discretion submit any rules motion to the Supreme Court Rules Advisory Committee, or any other source, for review and comment. Upon receipt of requests or petitions for adoption or amendment of rules governing the practice of law, including Rules of Professional Conduct, Rules of Discipline for the Mississippi Bar, Rules and Regulations for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, Rules Governing Admission to the Mississippi Bar, the Clerk of the Supreme Court shall may publish the proposal or request on the Supreme Court's Internet site, and invite comment thereon. No action shall be taken by the Supreme Court on such proposal or request for a period of thirty (30) days following the commencement of such publication, and all comments received shall be considered; however, the Court may dispense with such publication and comment in the event that the Court deems the urgency of the proposal or request prohibitive to the delay needed for publication and comment. [Adopted to govern matters filed on or after January 1, 1995; amended October 15, 1998, effective from and after January 1, 1999; amended July 1, 1999; amended effective August, 1999; amended effective November 2, 2000; amended effective May 29, 2003, to provide for reconsideration of certain specific types of motions and petitions, if filed within 14 days following the ruling for which reconsideration is sought; amended effective September 30, 2004 to recognize that the Court may from time to time allow the clerk to rule on specified motions; amended March 27, 2008, to expand the provision under which the Court may post proposals for public comment.] IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Rule 27(f) of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure is hereby amended as set forth in this order. SO ORDERED, this the 12th day of March, 2008. /s/ William L. Waller, Jr. WILLIAM L. WALLER, JR., PRESIDING JUSTICE TO AMEND: ALL JUSTICES