Attorneys' Views of Local Rules Limiting Interrogatories

This paper reports the results of a survey of practicing attorneys in twelve federal judicial districts concerning their experience with local district court rules limiting the number of interrogatories that one party may serve on another without leave of court to serve more. The survey was undertaken at the request of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States to help inform the committee's decision regarding proposals to impose similar limitations on a national level by amendment to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.