Rule 13 - Oral Argument & Judgment Entry(A) Request for oral argument. Each party in an appeal must claim the right to present oral argument. The Assignment Commissioner will send notice of oral argument to counsel of record for the parties, or directly to the parties if they are unrepresented. The notice will contain the name of the case, the time and place of oral argument and the date upon which the parties must notify the Assignment Commissioner in writing of their desire to present or waive oral argument. Each counsel of record or a party if unrepresented must notify the Court in writing, by mail, facsimile or other electronic transfer, at its office in Lima, Ohio that argument is being requested or is waived. A request for argument is effective upon timely receipt at this Court's office in Lima. A party will not be granted oral argument merely because another party has claimed the right to argue. A copy of the response requesting or waiving oral argument need not be served upon opposing counsel.
Failure to notify the Court in writing of counsel's intention to present oral argument by the date indicated on the notice of oral argument shall constitute a waiver of oral argument by counsel, or the party, if unrepresented.
(B) Continuance of Oral Argument. Cases set for oral argument will not be continued except under circumstances where counsel has a conflicting assignment in the Supreme Court of Ohio, the federal circuit court of appeals or the Supreme Court of the United States. (C) Submission of Case for Expedited Decision. If a more expeditious submission of the appeal than permitted by scheduling for oral argument is desired, parties may submit the case on the briefs by waiver signed by all counsel and received by the Court in its office in Lima, Ohio no later than the time of the filing of the appellee's brief. When such stipulation is received within such time, the appeal shall be submitted to the Court for determination at the earliest feasible time after the filing of the reply brief. (D) Time Allowed. In accordance with App.R. 21, each side will be allowed fifteen minutes for argument. However, the Court may order additional time for argument. (E) Motions. All motions will be ruled upon without oral argument before the Court, except where the Court requests such argument and notifies counsel to appear.(F) Judgment Entry. Pursuant to App.R. 22(A), the judgment entry in an appeal may be signed only by the judge who prepared the decision as indicated therein on behalf and for all judges concurring in the decision. In original actions and where an appeal is per curiam, the judgment entry shall be signed by all judges concurring in the decision. Added effective 7/1/1984; amended effective 7/1/1986; 3/1/1987; 7/1/1988; 10/1/1991; 4/1/1992; 6/16/1997; 6/19/2000.