Rule 22 - Assignment of Cases(a)Argument List. The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall keep a current argument list, placing thereon in order each case thirty (30) days after the moving party's briefs have been filed pursuant to these rules or five (5) days after the adverse party's supplemental statements or briefs have been so filed, whichever day is sooner. The appeals shall be arranged in two (2) groups: (1) Group A, cases entitled to priority by statute, criminal cases, election cases, cases in which the State is an actual party in interest, cases involving termination of parental rights, habeas corpus proceedings, and other cases designated by special order; and(2) Group B, all other cases. Cases shall be assigned hearing dates by the Clerk of the Supreme Court in the order in which they appear on the argument list. The cases in Group A shall be heard first, then the cases in Group B. Attorneys shall be notified by the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the date assigned for the hearing of a case.
(b)Sessions of Court. The Supreme Court will be in open session to hear arguments on assigned court days during the months of September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, and May. The Supreme Court may also be in open session and hear arguments at such other times as it may by special order designate. The Supreme Court will not hear arguments or hold open sessions on Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays.(c)Number of Cases; Call of Calendar. Except as otherwise ordered by the Supreme Court not more than seven (7) cases shall be assigned for hearing on any day. For the purpose of this rule two (2) or more cases which are part of a trial group in which the same questions are involved shall be treated as one case. The calendar shall be called at 9:30 a.m. Cases assigned and called ready for hearing shall be heard immediately thereafter.(d)Continuances; Special Assignments. For good cause shown the Supreme Court may continue a case or order its assignment to a day certain. No stipulation to pass or continue a case will be binding upon the Supreme Court.(e)Engagements of Attorneys. Cases on the current argument list shall be in order for disposition when reached without regard to engagements of the attorneys before other courts; however, the reaching of a case for hearing in the Supreme Court shall not require the vacation of a case in order for hearing in any other court nor excuse the attorney from attendance in that court other than for a period of time sufficient to permit the completion of the attorney's engagement before the Supreme Court.(f)Dismissal of Cases not Argued. A case reached for argument and not heard may be dismissed or made the subject of such other order as the Supreme Court may deem appropriate under the circumstances. In the event that an attorney for the parties, or the party if self-represented, fails to appear at the time the case is in order for hearing, the Supreme Court may hear the cause or decide it solely upon the briefs.Amended effective 6/19/2020; Revised 10/1/2023.