jury Matters. (a) Non-jury Civil Trials. No cause assigned to the civil trial calendar which is to be tried on the merits to the court without the intervention of a jury shall proceed to trial or disposition until all of the parties to the cause shall have provided the court with a pre-trial memorandum. The pre-trial memorandum shall be filed not later than the Tuesday preceding the Friday on which the case is scheduled for a trial calendar call. (1) The process and requirements for pre-trial memorandum shall be set forth in an administrative order issued either by the presiding justice or the justice or magistrate assigned to the calendar. (2) If the court has not rendered its findings of fact and conclusions of law in accordance with Super.R.Civ.P. 52(a): (A) Within ninety (90) days following the close of all the testimony, or; (B) In the event that the court requires the parties to submit either proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law in accordance with said rule or a memorandum of law or both, within ninety (90) days following the receipt by the court of the last of such submission, or; (C) If the court permits or requires oral argument, within ninety (90) days following the completion of oral argument, a notice that the court has not rendered its decision in the cause may be forwarded to the presiding justice by a single document signed by counsel for each party to the cause. (b) Administrative Appeals. No cause requiring the court to review the decision of a state or municipal agency shall be assigned to a justice or magistrate unless the assignment to the justice is accompanied contemporaneously by the memorandum of law of each party and the entire record of the proceedings before the state or municipal agency. If the court has not rendered its judgment affirming, reversing, or modifying the decision under review: (1) Within ninety (90) days following the assignment, or; (2) In the event that the court requires the parties to submit proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law in accordance with Super.R.Civ.P. 52(a), within ninety (90) days following the receipt by the court of the last of such submissions, or; (3) If the court permits or requires oral argument, within ninety (90) days following the completion of oral argument, Page 6 of 9 February 2024 a notice that the court has not rendered its judgment in the cause may be forwarded to the presiding justice by a single document signed by counsel for each party to the cause.
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