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Show IEW RULES ILL BE BLHiFOfiGEB Supreme Court Plans to Faci-. Faci-. ; lilale Business Before It in Future. , t WASHINGTON. .Ian." 1. Lawyers practicing prac-ticing here before the supicmc court of tho United Stales will bo forced hereafter here-after to give a li,elping hand . to tho court's endeavor to fucllitate business. According to ihi new court rules which went Into effect today, attorneys-for attorneys-for the plaintiff before the'snpremo court I must lllc their briefs three weeks be--fore a case Is to be called for oral ar- gumenl. The defendant's attorneys must I tile their briefs one week before the ar- guments arc made. j In all cases the. clerk of the court Is Instructed to receive no briefs where counsel have not served copies on opposing oppos-ing counsel. The lat,tor provision wns designed to put an end to counsel appearing ap-pearing before the court unprepared to answer arguments on the opposing side and delaying tho court by supplemental briefs dealing with the opposing argument. argu-ment. The court has announced its determination de-termination to receive no briefs after a case hns been argued orally. The new rules will not be enforced rig-Idly rig-Idly at once. As yet printed copies of tho rules arc not available, and tlino will be clven to the bar to acquaint Itself with tho new requirements. |