Effective June 1, 2006

LR 51 INSTRUCTIONS TO THE JURY (See Fed. R. Civ. P. 51)

LR 51.1 Proposed Jury Instructions

(a) Scope of Party Submissions

The trial judge will discuss standard jury instructions common to all cases either at the final pretrial conference or during a conference with counsel during trial. Counsel need not submit standard jury instructions and need only submit proposed jury instructions specific to the issues in the case.

(b) Application of Model or Uniform Jury Instructions

In diversity cases, the Oregon State Bar Uniform Civil Jury Instructions should be used. In other cases, and unless otherwise directed by the Court, the Ninth Circuit Model Jury Instructions should be used.

(c) Number of Instructions

If there are more than ten (10) instructions, attach an index.

(d) Format Requirements

(1) Each instruction must be on a separate sheet of paper.

(2) The complete set of instructions should be submitted on a virus free 3.5 inch diskette or CD Rom using WordPerfect or ASCII text format. The trial judge may also direct that these documents be electronically mailed to chambers.

(3) Each instruction must embrace only one subject, and must be numbered consecutively using the model or uniform jury instruction numbers where applicable.

(4) Each instruction must be brief, impartial, understandable, and free from argument. The principle stated in one instruction must not be repeated in any other instruction.

(5) Except when citing to a model or uniform jury instruction, the text of each instruction must be set out in full. In the case of model rules, citation to the model rule number is sufficient.

(6) Each instruction must contain citations of authority in support of the principle of law stated in the instruction.