Rule 25A - Court Composition and Quorum(a) Supreme Court. The full court consists of all seven members of the court. A panel consists of three members of the court. A quorum of the full court sitting en banc is four, and a quorum of the court sitting as a panel is two.(b) Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals consists of all three members of the court. A quorum of the court is two.(c) Replacement Judge or Justice. A senior justice, senior Court of Appeals judge, or active district court judge may be assigned to sit in place of a justice or judge as provided by law.(d) Argument Participation. Where a quorum of justices or judges is present for oral argument, any absent justice or judgeassigned to hear the matter may participate in the decision and the opinion of the court upon the recording or transcript of the oral argument and the written briefs or points and authorities. In the absence of a quorum, on any day appointed for holding a session of the court, the justices or judges attending (or if no justices or judges are present, the clerk or a deputy clerk) may adjourn the court until there is a quorum. As amended; effective 1/20/2015; amended effective 8/15/2024.ADVISORY COMMITTEE NOTE
The amendments to this Rule are stylistic. They are meant to streamline the Rule by removing references to matters already governed by other rules and statutes.