LAW 607 Lecture Notes - Lecture 48: Interrogatories, United States District Court For The Southern District Of New York
1 Jun 2020
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Interrogatories are written questions that the recipient answers under oath. P. 33 governs interrogatories: availability: interrogatories may only be used against parties. Court approval is not necessary: note: nothing prevents a party from sending written questions to a nonparty. Although the nonparty is under no obligation to answer, if the nonparty voluntarily answers, the party is free to use the information: limit on number: fed. P. 33(a) prevents a party from serving more than. 25 questions on any other party, unless the court approves or the parties agree to more. If a given question has discrete subparts, each subpart counts as a separate question: answers: typically, the party will work with an attorney in framing the answers. The answers must be signed by the person. Any objections must be signed by the party"s attorney: time to answer: the questions must be answered within 30 days of service unless the court orders or the parties agree otherwise.
