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Rule 411. Submission in Order of Filing: Service of Notice (1984)

TEXT

Causes not advanced as otherwise provided shall be submitted in the order of filing or in such other order as the court shall determine by rule. The clerk shall notify by letter the attorneys and any party not represented by an attorney the date of submission and oral argument.

Amended by order of Dec. 5, 1983, eff. April 1, 1984: Minor textual change. The provision for determination of the order of submission by rule has been added.

Prior Amendments Future Amendments
Oct. 29, 1940, eff. Sept. 1, 1941 Repealed by order of April 10, 1986, eff. Sept. 1, 1986
June 16, 1943, eff. Dec. 31, 1943  

ADVISORY OPINIONS

(No. 41) Question: Should notice of a motion to certify a question to the Supreme Court under Rule 465 be given to the opposite party by registered mail (Rules 409 and 411) or by postal card under Rule 460?

Answer: Notice of the motion to cer­tify, unless waived, should be given by registered mail. Rule 460 providing for a postal card notice applies only to a motion for rehearing.

5 Tex. B.J. 171 (1942) reprinted in 8 Tex. B.J. 17 (1945).