Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 4240 - Public Service Commission
Chapter 2 - Practice and Procedure
Section 20 CSR 4240-2.140 - Briefs and Oral Arguments

Universal Citation: 20 MO Code of State Regs 4240-2.140

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024

PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the procedures for filing briefs and presenting oral arguments in any hearing.

(1) In any case, the commission or presiding officer shall determine whether the parties may file briefs or present oral argument, or both, and may establish time and page limits.

(2) Unless otherwise ordered by the commission or presiding officer, initial post-hearing briefs shall be filed no later than twenty (20) days after the date on which the complete transcript of the hearing is filed.

(3) Unless otherwise ordered by the commission or presiding officer, the parties shall have ten (10) days after the filing of the initial briefs to file their reply briefs.

(4) Unless otherwise ordered by the commission or presiding officer, the time allowed for oral argument shall be-

(A) For an applicant or complainant, thirty (30) minutes, which may be divided between the initial argument and reply argument, but no more than one-third (1/3) of the time shall be consumed by the reply argument; and

(B) For all other parties, a total of fifteen (15) minutes each.

(5) Unless otherwise ordered by the commission or presiding officer, the parties may file pre-hearing briefs, statements of position, and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law.

*Original authority: 386.410, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1977, 1996.

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