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Last Post 19 May 2009 08:52 PM by  domanico
R-08-0015 Petition to Amend Rule 50 Arizona Rules of Civil Procedure
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StateBarAZ
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06 May 2008 09:39 AM
    R-08-0015

    PETITION TO AMEND RULE 50, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

    TO AMEND RULE 50 TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PARTY RENEW A MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW AT THE CLOSE OF ALL EVIDENCE.

    Petitioner:
    Robert B. Van Wyck
    Chief Bar Counsel
    State Bar of Arizona
    4201 N. 24th Street, Suite 200
    Phoenix, AZ 85016-6288
    Phone: 602 340-7241
    Fax: 602 271-4930

    Filed May 7, 2008

    ADOPTED as modified, effective January 1, 2010.

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    jmillet
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    09 May 2009 02:20 PM
    Jonathan A. Millet, Esq.
    125 North Granite Street
    Prescott, Arizona 86301-3001
    (928) 445-0122


    I support this amendment. Harmonizing this rule with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure makes sense and the requirement that the motion renewed is form over substance.
    domanico
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    19 May 2009 08:52 PM
    R-08-0015

    MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY’S COMMENT TO PETITION TO AMEND RULE 50, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE

    ANDREW P. THOMAS
    MARICOPA COUNTY ATTORNEY
    (FIRM STATE BAR NO. 0003200)

    PHILIP J. MACDONNELL
    CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEY
    LAURENCE G. TINSLEY, JR.
    DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEY
    301 WEST JEFFERSON STREET, SUITE 800
    PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85003
    TELEPHONE: (602) 506-3800
    (STATE BAR NUMBERS 003813 AND 17215)
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