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COURT ROOM DRESS CODE

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER DRESS CODE

It is ORDERED that all persons, whether lawyers, parties, witness, jurors, or spectators, conducting business, participating in trials, or otherwise attending trials in the courtroom of the Municipal Court of the City of Montgomery, Alabama, shall be dressed appropriately so as to maintain the dignity, integrity, decorum, seriousness and professional atmosphere of the Court and the administration of justice.

The determination of appropriate dress shall rest with the judge presiding over a particular case. Appropriate dress shall:

(1) mandate for all males the wearing of shirts tucked into pants
(2) prohibit for females the wearing of clothes revealing bare midsection
(3) prohibit for males and females the wearing of shorts or flipflops.

It is further ORDERED that all attorneys are to instruct those individuals for whom they are responsible for bringing into court of the contents of this Order and that copies of this Order shall be posted in conspicuous places in the Municipal Court Complex of the City of Montgomery, Alabama.

NOTICE

1. No pagers or cellular phones are allowed in the courtroom.
2. Spectators shall remain silent in the courtroom.
3. Spectators may not sleep in the courtroom.
4. No food, drinks, chewing of gum or reading materials allowed in the courtroom.
5. Posted dress code will be strictly enforced.
6. Furthermore the Municipal Court will not be responsible for any cellular phones left in the lobby.

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