Dispositive Motions

(a) Service by Moving Party. No motion shall be heard until the moving party pays any required motion filing fee, serves the following documents on all opposing counsel and self-represented litigants, and files the documents with the court administrator at least 28 days before the hearing: Published by the Revisor of Statutes under Minnesota Statutes, section 3C.08, subdivision 1. GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE 116 MINNESOTA COURT RULES (1) Notice of motion and motion; (2) Proposed order; (3) Any affidavits and exhibits to be submitted in conjunction with the motion; and (4) Memorandum of law. (b) Response to Motion. The party responding to the motion shall pay any required motion filing fee, serve the following documents on all opposing counsel and self-represented litigants, and file the documents with the court administrator at least 14 days before the hearing: (1) Memorandum of law; and (2) Supplementary affidavits and exhibits. (c) Reply Memoranda. The moving party may submit a reply memorandum, limited to new legal or factual matters raised by an opposing party's response to a motion, by serving it on all opposing counsel and self-represented litigants and filing it with the court administrator at least 7 days before the hearing. (d) Additional Requirement for Summary Judgment Motions. For summary judgment motions, the memorandum of law shall include: (1) A statement by the moving party of the issues involved which are the grounds for the motion for summary judgment; (2) A statement identifying all documents (such as depositions or excerpts thereof, pleadings, exhibits, admissions, interrogatory answers, and affidavits) which comprise the record on which the motion is made. Opposing parties shall identify in their responding Memorandum of Law any additional documents on which they rely; (3) A recital by the moving party of the material facts as to which there is no genuine dispute, with a specific citation to that part of the record supporting each fact, such as deposition page and line or page and paragraph of an exhibit. A party opposing the motion shall, in like manner, make a recital of any material facts claimed to be in dispute; and (4) The party's argument and authorities. These additional requirements also apply to a motion under Minn. R. Civ. P. 12 if factually based. Part (3) is excluded from the page limitations of this rule. (Amended effective January 1, 1993; amended effective January 1, 2004; amended effective July 1, 2015; amended effective January 1, 2020.)