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Rule 55.30 – Times and Places for Hearing Motions to be Established-Submission on Written Statements Without Oral Hearing

May 13, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Missouri

(a)Times and Places. Unless local conditions make it impracticable, each trial court shall establish regular times and places, at intervals sufficiently frequent for the prompt dispatch of business, at which motions requiring notice and hearing may be heard and disposed of; but the court at any time or place and on such notice, if any, as it considers reasonable may make orders for the advancement, conduct and hearing of motions.
(b)Use of Telephone Conference Call-Oral Hearing. The court may hear oral argument on any motion by telephone conference call. The court may direct which party or parties shall pay the cost of the conference call.
(c)Submission Without Oral Argument. To expedite its business, the court may make provision by rule or order for the submission and determination of motions without oral hearing upon brief written statements of reasons in support and in opposition.

Mo. R. Civ. P. 55.30

Adopted Jan. 19, 1973, eff. Sept. 1, 1973. Amended June 24, 1982, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.

Committee Note – 1974

This is the same as prior Rule 55.42 with phrase “hearing of motions” substituted for “hearing of actions.”

Compare: Rules 78 and 83 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.