III. Pleadings and Motions

Rule 7. Pleadings Allowed; Form of Motions

• 7.01 Pleadings
• 7.02 Motions and Other Papers

Rule 8. General Rules of Pleading

• 8.01 Claims For Relief
• 8.02 Defenses; Form of Denials
• 8.03 Affirmative Defenses
• 8.04 Effect of Failure to Deny
• 8.05 Pleading to Be Concise and Direct; Consistency
• 8.06 Construction of Pleadings

Rule 9. Pleading Special Matters

• 9.01 Capacity
• 9.02 Fraud, Mistake, Condition of Mind
• 9.03 Conditions Precedent
• 9.04 Official Document Or Act
• 9.05 Judgment
• 9.06 Time and Place
• 9.07 Special Damages
• 9.08 Unknown Party; How Designated

Rule 10. Form of Pleadings

• 10.01 Caption; Names of Parties
• 10.02 Paragraph; Separate Statements
• 10.03 Adoption By Reference; Exhibits
• 10.04 Failure to Comply

Rule 11. Signing of Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to Court; Sanctions

• 11.01 Signature
• 11.02 Representations to Court
• 11.03 Sanctions
• 11.04 Inapplicability to Discovery

Rule 12. Defenses and Objections; When and How Presented; By Pleading Or Motion; Motion For Judgment On Pleadings

• 12.01 When Presented
• 12.02 How Presented
• 12.03 Motion For Judgment On the Pleadings
• 12.04 Preliminary Hearing
• 12.05 Motion For More Definite Statement, For Paragraphing and For Separate Statement
• 12.06 Motion to Strike
• 12.07 Consolidation of Defenses In Motion
• 12.08 Waiver Or Preservation of Certain Defenses

Rule 13. Counterclaim and Cross-claim

• 13.01 Compulsory Counterclaims
• 13.02 Permissive Counterclaims
• 13.03 Counterclaim Exceeding Opposing Claim
• 13.04 Counterclaim Against the State of Minnesota
• 13.05 Counterclaim Maturing Or Acquired After Pleading
• 13.06 Omitted Counterclaim
• 13.07 Cross-claim Against Co-party
• 13.08 Joinder of Additional Parties
• 13.09 Separate Trials; Separate Judgment

Rule 14. Third-party Practice

• 14.01 When a Defending Party May Bring In a Third Party
• 14.02 Third Party Defenant's Clamis and Defenses
• 14.03 Plaintiff's Claima Against a Third-party Defendant
• 14.04 Motion to Strike, Sever, Or Try Separately
• 14.05 Third-party Defendant's Claim Against a Nonparty
• 14.06 When a Plaintiff May Bring In a Third Party
• 14.07 Defending Against a Demand For Judgment For the Plaintiff
• 14.08 Protective Orders For Parties and Prevention of Delay

Rule 15. Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

• 15.01 Amendments
• 15.02 Amendments to Conform to the Evidence
• 15.03 Relation Back of Amendments
• 15.04 Supplemental Pleadings

Rule 16. Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management

• 16.01 Pretrial Conferences; Objectives
• 16.02 Scheduling and Planning
• 16.03 Subjects For Consideration
• 16.04 Final Pretrial Conference
• 16.05 Pretrial Orders
• 16.06 Sanctions