Rule 12. Filing and service. (a) Filing. Papers required or permitted to be filed must be placed in the custody of the clerk within the time fixed for filing. Filing may be accomplished by mail addressed to the clerk, but filing shall not be timely unless the papers are actually received within the time fixed for filing. […]
Rule 13. Form of briefs. (a) Brief of appellant. The requirement of appellants brief is fulfilled by a simple written memorandum or statement setting forth the judgment or order appealed from, the facts relevant to the issues presented for review, the points of error for the appeal, special points and legal authorities desired to be brought to […]
Rule 14. Filing and service of briefs. (a) Time for filing briefs. The appellant shall serve and file a brief within 15 days after the date on which the record is filed. The respondent shall serve and file an answer brief within 15 days after service of the brief of the appellant. The appellant may serve and […]
Rule 15. Time for decision and oral argument. (a) District courts time for decision. The district court shall consider and decide appeals brought under these rules within a reasonable period of time after the filing of the reply brief permitted. (b) Decision. The district court shall render a decision upon the record and briefs on appeal. The district […]
Rule 16. Dismissal of appeal in civil actions–costs and damages. (a) Dismissal of appeal upon delay–costs and damages. For failure to prosecute an appeal or unnecessary delay in a civil action, the district court may order the appeal dismissed, with costs, and if it appears to the district court that the appeal was made solely for delay, […]
Rule 17. Effect of dismissal. The dismissal of an appeal is in effect an affirmance of the judgment or order appealed from, unless the dismissal is expressly made without prejudice to another appeal. History: En. Sup. Ct. Ord. Mar. 19, 1998, eff. April 1, 1998.
Rule 18. Notice and copy of decision–remittitur. (a) Notice and copy of decision to be furnished. Upon the decision of a cause, notice thereof, together with a copy of the courts written order or opinion, will immediately be mailed to each party or their counsel. (b) Remittitur–when issued–when copy of opinion to accompany. Remittitur may, in cases where […]
Rule 19. Motions. All motions to the court for an order shall be in writing and served upon all parties to the appeal or their counsel. History: En. Sup. Ct. Ord. Mar. 19, 1998, eff. April 1, 1998.
Rule 20. Computation and extension of time. (a) Computation of time. When the computation of any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules is by order of court or by an applicable statute, the day of the act, event, or default after which the designated period of time begins to run may not be included. […]
Rule 21. Voluntary dismissal. If the parties to an appeal or other proceeding shall sign and file with the clerk an agreement that the proceeding be dismissed, specifying the terms as to payment of costs, and shall pay whatever fees are due, the clerk shall enter the case dismissed, and shall give to each party a […]
Rule 22. Title. These rules shall be known as the Uniform Municipal Court Rules of Appeal to District Court and may be cited as U.M.C.R.App. History: En. Sup. Ct. Ord. Mar. 19, 1998, eff. April 1, 1998.
