United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

[This unofficial form is provided to illustrate the manner in which some local rules (state and federal) unduly restrict the interrogatories to particular questions. In most instances, however, exceptions are liberally permitted upon a minimal showing (such as requiring affidavits of necessity).]

Local Civil Rule 33.3 of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Effective April 19, 1997) provides as follows:

Interrogatories:

(a) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, at the commencement of discovery, interrogatories will be restricted to those seeking names of witnesses with knowledge of information relevant to the subject matter of the action, the computation of each category of damage alleged, and the existence, custodian, location and general description of relevant documents, including pertinent insurance agreements, and other physical evidence, or information of a similar nature.

(b) During discovery, interrogatories other than those seeking information described in paragraph (a) above may only be served (1) if they are a more...