- Current as of 3/19/14 (General Order 14-6)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
DIVISION
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Plaintiff(s) *
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v. * Civil Action No.
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Defendant(s) *
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JOINT FINAL PRE-TRIAL ORDER
This cause came before the court at a pre-trial management conference held on
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Procedure.
A. COUNSEL FOR THE PARTIES
Plaintiff(s):
Defendant(s):
B. STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION
(e.g., “AJurisdiction in this case is based on diversity of citizenship under Title 28
U.S.C. ' 1332;” AJurisdiction in this case is based on Title 28 U.S.C. ' 1331 in
that the plaintiff brings this action under Title 46 U.S.C. ' 688, the Jones Act@”)
Jurisdiction is (not) disputed.
C. NATURE OF ACTION
(e.g., “AThis is a products liability case wherein the plaintiff seeks damages for
personal injuries sustained when he fell from the driver's seat of a forklift. The
plaintiff contends that the forklift was defectively designed and manufactured by
the defendant and that the defects were a producing cause of his injuries and
damages.@”)
D. CONTENTIONS OF THE PARTIES
(Note: The contentions of each party on those claims and issues approved for trial
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at the management conference shall be succinctly stated in a form suitable to be
read to the jury.)
E. STIPULATIONS AND UNCONTESTED FACTS
F. CONTESTED ISSUES OF FACT AND LAW
G. LIST OF WITNESSES
(Note: Each party shall set forth a separate list of witnesses who (1) will be called
to testify at trial; (2) may be called to testify at trial, and (3) may be presented by
deposition testimony at trial. Those portions of the depositions that may be
offered into evidence at trial shall be listed by page and line number.
H. LIST OF EXHIBITS
Counsel should fill out and submit to the court an exhibit list containing the
information in the form available on the court=s website, located at
www.txed.uscourts.gov , or at the clerk=s office.
I. LIST OF ANY PENDING MOTIONS
J. PROBABLE LENGTH OF TRIAL
The probable length of trial is days.
K. MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE LIMITATIONS
(Note: The parties shall set forth any limitations agreed upon or
ordered by the court at or after the management conference set forth
in Local Rule CV-16 such as a time limit on the length of trial,
limitations on the number of experts a party may call, limitations on
the length of video depositions, the use of deposition summaries,
etc.)
L. CERTIFICATIONS
The undersigned counsel for each of the parties in this action do hereby
certify and acknowledge the following:
(1) Full and complete disclosure has been made in accordance with the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Court=s orders;
(2) Discovery limitations set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, the Local Rules, and the Court=s orders have been
complied with;
(3) Each exhibit in the List of Exhibits herein:
(a) is in existence;
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(b) is numbered; and
(c) has been disclosed and shown to opposing counsel.
Approved as to form and substance:
Attorneys for Plaintiff(s): _______________________________________________
Attorneys for Defendant(s): _______________________________________________
(Note: An attorney of record may sign and certify this order on behalf of opposing
counsel Awith permission.@)
This Joint Pre-Trial Order is hereby approved this day of [month],[year].
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United States District Judge
(Note: Where additional parties are joined or intervene pursuant to Rules 14, 19 and 24 of the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure, the style of the case and the various sections of the pre-trial order should be modified to
reflect the additional parties and information pertaining to them.)
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