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USCIT Rules, Forms, Guidelines and Administrative Orders
Note: The Court maintains a current version, in paper form, of the official rules and forms of the U.S. Court of International Trade in the Office of the Clerk. The following is an electronic copy of the official rules and forms of the U.S. Court of International Trade. |
- Notice Regarding USCIT Rules
- Complete Listing of USCIT Rules, Forms, Guidelines and Administrative Orders (once opened, enables printing of all Rules and Forms as one document) (1/01/13)
Preface |
Judges of the Court |
Office of the Clerk |
TITLE I. SCOPE OF RULES; FORM OF ACTION |
Rule 1. | Scope and Purpose |
Rule 2. | One Form of Action |
TITLE II. COMMENCING AN ACTION; AMENDING A SUMMONS; SERVICE OF SUMMONS, PLEADINGS, MOTIONS, AND ORDERS |
Rule 3. | Commencing an Action |
Rule 3.1. | Actions Transferred to the Court of International Trade from a Binational Panel or Committee Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1516a(g)(12)(B) or (D) |
Rule 4. | Service of Summons and Complaint |
Rule 4.1. | Serving Other Process |
Rule 5. | Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers |
Rule 5.1. | [RESERVED] |
Rule 6. | Computing and Extending Time; Time for Motion Papers |
TITLE III. PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS |
Rule 7. | Pleadings Allowed; Consultation; Oral Argument; Response Time; Show Cause Order; Form of Motions and Other Papers |
Rule 8. | General Rules of Pleading |
Rule 9. | Pleading Special Matters |
Rule 10. | Form of Pleadings |
Rule 11. | Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Others Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions |
Rule 12. | Defenses and Objections; When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing |
Rule 13. | Counterclaim and Crossclaim |
Rule 14. | Third-Party Practice |
Rule 15. | Amended and Supplemental Pleadings |
Rule 16. | Postassignment Conferences; Scheduling; Management |
Rule 16.1. | Court-Annexed Mediation |
TITLE IV. PARTIES |
Rule 17. | Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity; Public Officers |
Rule 18. | Joinder of Claims |
Rule 19. | Required Joinder of Parties |
Rule 20. | Permissive Joinder of Parties |
Rule 21. | Misjoinder and Non-Joinder of Parties |
Rule 22. | Interpleader |
Rule 23. | Class Actions |
Rule 23.1. | [Reserved] |
Rule 23.2. | Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations |
Rule 24. | Intervention |
Rule 25. | Substitution of Parties |
TITLE V. DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY |
Rule 26. | Duty to Disclose; General Provisions Governing Discovery |
Rule 26.1. | Costs |
Rule 27. | Depositions to Perpetuate Testimony |
Rule 28. | Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken |
Rule 29. | Stipulations About Discovery Procedure |
Rule 30. | Depositions by Oral Examination |
Rule 31. | Depositions by Written Questions |
Rule 32. | Using Depositions in Court Proceedings |
Rule 33. | Interrogatories to Parties |
Rule 34. | Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes |
Rule 35. | Physical and Mental Examinations |
Rule 36. | Requests for Admission |
Rule 37. | Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions |
TITLE VI. TRIALS |
Rule 38. | Right to a Jury Trial; Demand |
Rule 39. | Trial by Jury or by the Court |
Rule 40. | Request for Trial |
Rule 41. | Dismissal of Actions |
Rule 42. | Consolidation; Separate Trials |
Rule 43. | Taking Testimony |
Rule 44. | Proving an Official Record |
Rule 44.1. | Determining Foreign Law |
Rule 45. | Subpoena |
Rule 46. | Objecting to a Ruling or Order |
Rule 47. | Selecting Jurors |
Rule 48. | Number of Jurors; Verdict; Polling |
Rule 49. | Special Verdict; General Verdict and Questions |
Rule 50. | Judgment as a Matter of Law in a Jury Trial; Related Motion for a New Trial; Conditional Ruling |
Rule 51. | Instructions to the Jury; Objections; Preserving a Claim of Error |
Rule 52. | Findings and Conclusions by the Court; Judgment on Partial Findings |
Rule 53. | Masters |
TITLE VII. JUDGMENT |
Rule 54. | Judgment; Costs |
Rule 54.1. | Attorney's Fees and Expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d) |
Rule 55. | Default Judgment |
Rule 56. | Summary Judgment |
Rule 56.1. | Judgment on an Agency Record for an Action Other Than That Described in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c) |
Rule 56.2. | Judgment on an Agency Record for an Action Described in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c) |
Rule 57. | Declaratory Judgment |
Rule 58. | Entering Judgment |
Rule 58.1. | Stipulated Judgment on Agreed Statement of Facts; General Requirements |
Rule 59. | New Trial; Rehearing; Altering or Amending a Judgment |
Rule 60. | Relief from a Judgment or Order |
Rule 61. | Harmless Error |
Rule 62. | Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment |
Rule 62.1. | Indicative Ruling on a Motion for Relief that is Barred by a Pending Appeal |
Rule 63. | Judge's Inability to Proceed |
TITLE VIII. PROVISIONAL AND FINAL REMEDIES |
Rule 64. | Seizing a Person or Property |
Rule 65. | Injunctions and Restraining Orders |
Rule 65.1. | Proceedings Against a Surety |
Rule 66. | Receivers |
Rule 67. | Deposit into Court |
Rule 67.1. | Deposit into Court Pursuant to Rule 67 |
Rule 68. | Offer of Judgment |
Rule 69. | Execution |
Rule 70. | [RESERVED] |
Rule 71. | Enforcing Relief For or Against a Nonparty |
TITLE IX. FILING OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS |
Rule 72. | [RESERVED] |
Rule 73. | Time for Filing Documents - Notice of Filing |
Rule 73.1. | Documents in Action Described in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(a) or (b) |
Rule 73.2. | Documents in Action Described in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c) or (f) |
Rule 73.3. | Documents in All Other Actions Based on the Agency Record |
TITLE X. ATTORNEYS |
Rule 74. | Admission to Practice |
Rule 75. | Practice; Appearance; Substitution of Attorneys; Withdrawal of Attorney; Notification of Changes |
Rule 76. | Amicus Curiae |
TITLE XI. THE COURT AND CLERK |
Rule 77. | Sessions of the Court |
Rule 77.1. | Judicial Conference |
Rule 78. | Motion Part |
Rule 79. | Records Kept by the Clerk |
Rule 80. | Papers, Exhibits and Other Material |
Rule 81. | Papers Filed; Conformity; Form; Size; Copies |
Rule 82. | Clerk's Office Hours; Clerk's Orders |
Rule 82.1. | [RESERVED] |
TITLE XII. COURT CALENDARS; GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Rule 83 . | Reserve Calendar |
Rule 84. | Suspension Calendar |
Rule 85. | Suspension Disposition Calendar |
Rule 86. | [RESERVED] |
Rule 86.1. | Judge's Directive |
Rule 86.2. | Contempt |
Rule 87. | Forms |
Rule 88. | Title |
Rule 89. | Effective Date |
Guidelines - Bill of Costs |
Guidelines for Court-Annexed Mediation |
Schedule of Fees |
Search Fee Guidelines |
Appendix of Forms |
- General Instructions |
- Specific Instructions |
- Complaint Allegations |
USCIT Transcript Order Form | |
Form 1 | Summons in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(a), Rule 3(a)(1) |
Form 1A | Notice of Lawsuit and Request for Waiver of Service of Summons, Rule 4(c) |
Form 1B | Waiver of Service of Summons, Rule 4(c) |
Form 2 | Summons in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(b), Rule 3(a)(1) |
Form 3 | Summons in 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c), Rule 3(a)(2) |
Form 4 | General Summons, Rule 3(a) |
Form 5 | Information Statement, Rule 3(d) |
Form 6 | Request for Trial, Rule 40(a) |
Form 7 | Notice of Dismissal, Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) |
Form 7A | Notice of Dismissal, Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i) |
Form 8 | Stipulation of Dismissal, Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) |
Form 8A | Stipulation of Dismissal, Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) |
Form 9 | Stipulated Judgment on Agreed Statement of Facts, Rule 58.1 |
Form 10 | Application for Admission, Rule 74(b) |
Form 11 | Notice of Appearance Rule 75(b)(2) |
Form 12 | Substitution of Attorney, Rule 75(c) |
Form 13 | Disclosure of Corporate Affiliations and Financial Interest, Rule 3(i), Practice Comments to Rules 24, 76 |
Form 14 | Joint Notice Regarding Termination of Access to Confidential Information |
Form 15 | Application for Fees and Other Expenses Pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, Rule 54.1 |
Form 16 | [RESERVED] |
Form 16-1 | Order (For Day-of-Deposit to Day-of-Withdrawal), Rule 67.1 |
Form 16-2 | Order (For Money Market or Management), Rule 67.1 |
Form 16-3 | Order (For Certificate of Deposit), Rule 67.1 |
Form 16-4 | Order (For Treasury Bills), Rule 67.1 |
Form 16-5 | Order (For Return of Money), Rule 67.1 |
Form 17 | Business Proprietary Information Certification, Rule 73.2(c) |
Form 18 | Notification of Termination of Access to BPI, Rule 73.2(c) |
Form 18A | Notification of Termination of Government Attorney Access to Business Proprietary Information Pursuant to Rule 73.2(c) |
Form 19 | Report of the Parties' Planning Meeting, Rule 26(f) |
Form 20 | USCIT Subpoena, Rule 45 |
Form 21 | Bill of Costs, Rue 54(d)(1) |
Form 22 | Satisfaction of Costs, Rule 54(d)(1) |
Form M-1 | Order of Referral to Mediation, Rule 16.1 |
Form M-2 | Report of Mediation, Rule 16.1 |
Standard Chambers Procedures |
- Form SCP 1: Pretrial Order |
- Form SCP 2: Scheduling Order |
- Form SCP 3: Order Governing Preparation for Trial |
- Form SCP 4: Certification of Settlement Efforts |
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Last modified December 28, 2012