US Supreme Court Local Rules of Court
Title 9
Definitions and Effective Date

RULE 47 | REFERENCE TO “STATE COURT” AND “STATE LAW”

The term “state court,” when used in these Rules, includes the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the courts of the Northern Mariana Islands, the local courts of Guam, and the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands. References in these Rules to the statutes of a State include the statutes of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Territory of Guam, and the Territory of the Virgin Islands.

RULE 48 | EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULES

1. These Rules, adopted December 5, 2022, will be effective January 1, 2023.

2. The Rules govern all proceedings after their effective date except to the extent that, in the opinion of the Court, their application to a pending matter would not be feasible or would work an injustice, in which event the former procedure applies.

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