Briefs and Oral Arguments

PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the procedures for filing briefs and presenting oral arguments in any hearing. (1) In any case, the commission or presiding officer shall determine whether the parties may file briefs or present oral argument, or both, and may establish time and page limits. (2) Unless otherwise ordered by the commission or presiding officer, initial post-hearing briefs shall be filed no later than twenty (20) days after the date on which the complete transcript of the hearing is filed. (3) Unless otherwise ordered by the commission or presiding officer, the parties shall have ten (10) days after the filing of the initial briefs to file their reply briefs. (4) Unless otherwise ordered by the commission or presiding officer, the time allowed for oral argument shall be— (A) For an applicant or complainant, thirty (30) minutes, which may be divided between the initial argument and reply argument, but no more than one-third (1/3) of the time shall be consumed by the reply argument; and (B) For all other parties, a total of fifteen (15) minutes each. (5) Unless otherwise ordered by the commission or presiding officer, the parties may file pre-hearing briefs, statements of position, and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. AUTHORITY: section 386.410, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240-2.140. Original rule filed Dec. 19, 1975, effective Dec. 29, 1975. Amended: Filed June 9, 1987, effective Nov. 12, 1987. Rescinded and readopted: Filed March 10, 1995, effective Nov. 30, 1995. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Aug. 24, 1999, effective April 30, 2000. Amended: Filed March 2, 2011, effective Oct. 30, 2011. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-2.140, effective Aug. 28, 2019. *Original authority: 386.410, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1977, 1996.