Interrogatory response
Original research draft · October 2026
Working pattern
[Party's] Resp. to Interrog. No. [number], at [page] ([date]).
Capture from the source
Request set; responding party; number; response/supplement; date
Check before you use it
Check whether the response was amended and retain its qualifications.
Common error: A later supplement can make a first response incomplete as a source.
Completed example
Company, case, interrogatories, responses, dates, employees, and qualifications are fictional. No actual discovery obligation or evidentiary effect is asserted.
Lark Register Company's Supplemental Response to First-Set Interrogatory No. 8, at 4 (Sept. 19, 2025) [TRAIN-D53].
Read the supplied source facts
Fictional packet TRAIN-D53 contains Lark Register Company's responses to the first set of interrogatories in a training civil case. Its initial response to Interrogatory 8, served September 2, 2025, identifies two employees and says the investigation continues. A supplemental response dated September 19 adds a third employee and corrects one employment date. The assignment asks which employees the company identified in its latest supplied response. Page 4 of the supplement contains the revised list. A second interrogatory set also has an Interrogatory 8, concerning a different topic.
Why this works
The responding party, set, request number, supplemental status, date, and page distinguish the intended response from several nearby possibilities. Read the original request together with the supplement to understand what the list answers. The sentence should report that the company identified the three employees, preserving any continuing-investigation qualification that remains. The citation does not independently establish that no other employee was involved. Keep initial and supplemental responses linked in the research record, with a note explaining whether the supplement replaces the whole answer or adds to it. Similar numbering across sets makes the set designation especially useful.
When the facts change
For a history of changing responses, cite the initial response and supplement separately and describe the added employee or corrected date. If the supplement responds only to part of Interrogatory 8, retain the relevant unreplaced original language rather than treating the supplement as a complete standalone answer. If a later response is disputed, accurately identify that dispute instead of assuming that the latest date resolves every evidentiary question.
Apply the receiving court or publication’s requirements. These working forms do not establish citation permission, precedential weight, or support for a legal proposition.