Rule 11-10. Requirement That Memorandum of Law Be Filed with Certain Motions

(a) A memorandum of law briefly outlining the claims of law and authority pertinent thereto shall be filed and served by the movant with the following motions and requests: (1) motions regarding parties filed pursuant to Sections 9-18 through 922 and motions to implead a third-party defendant filed pursuant to Section 10-11; (2) motions to dismiss except those filed pursuant to Section 143; (3) motions to strike; (4) motions to set aside judgment filed pursuant to Section 17-4; and (5) motions for summary judgment. Memoranda of law may be filed by other parties on or before the time the matter appears on the short calendar.

(b) A reply memorandum is not required and the absence of such memoranda will not prejudice any party. A reply memorandum shall be strictly confined to a discussion of matters raised by the responsive memorandum and shall be filed within fourteen days of the filing of the responsive memorandum to which such reply memoranda is being made.

(c) Surreply memoranda cannot be filed without the permission of the judicial authority.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 204.) (Amended June 12, 2015, to take effect Jan. 1, 2016.)