The Uniform Local Rules of the United
States District Courts for the State of Louisiana is the result of a cooperative effort of
the three courts and the Louisiana State Bar Association. Those rules which only apply to
a certain court are designated by a letter after the rule number: "E" for the
Eastern District of Louisiana, "M" for the Middle District of Louisiana, and
"W" for the Western District of Louisiana. Any rule which is not followed by a
letter or letters applies to all three districts. Where a particular provision within a
rule applying to all three districts is limited to a particular district or districts,
such limitation is specifically set forth.
On March 12, 1996, the Judicial Conference
of the United States approved the recommendation of the Committee on Rules of Practice and
Procedure to "adopt a numbering system for local rules of court that corresponds with
the relevant Federal Rules of Practice and Procedure." The United States District
Courts for the State of Louisiana complied and adopted a uniform numbering system on April
15, 1997, the date set by the Judicial Conference for compliance. Only the numbering of
the Local Rules has changed.
The various rules may be cited as follows:
Local Civil Rules as "LR_____"; Local Admiralty Rules as "LAR_____";
and Local Criminal Rules as "LCrR_____."