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Rule 456. Copy of Opinion to Attorneys, Etc. (1957)

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It shall be the duty of the Clerk of each of the Courts of Civil Appeals and the Clerk of the Supreme Court, within three days after rendition of a decision by such court, to mail or deliver to the Clerk of the trial court, to the trial judge who tried the case, and to one of the attorneys for the plaintiffs and one of the attorneys for the defendants a copy of the opinion rendered by such appellate court. The copy received by the Clerk of the trial court shall be by him filed among the papers of the cause in such court. Where there is more than one attorney on each side, the attorneys may designate in advance the one to whom the copy shall be mailed.

Amended by order of March 19, 1957, eff. Sept. 1, 1957: Provision added requiring mailing of copy of opinion to trial judge.