Briefs

(a) Content. (1) References to Appendix. Statements in briefs regarding background facts shall be supported by citation to the appendix. Citations to documents in the appendix shall be to pages of the appendix (e.g., App. at 27, or Appellee App. at 14) rather than to page numbering that appear on original papers. (2) Statement Regarding Related Cases. Any party filing a brief shall file a statement, attached to the last page of its brief and substantially in the form of 1st Cir. BAP L.R. Official Form 1, indicating whether the party knows of a related case pending before the Supreme Court of the United States or any United States Court of Appeals, United States District Court, or BAP. The filing is excluded from the brief length limitations. (A) Related Case. A related case is one that involves substantially the same litigants and substantially the same fact pattern or legal issues as the pending appeal. (3) Statement Regarding Interested Parties. Any party filing a brief, other than governmental parties, shall file a statement, attached to the last page of its brief and substantially in the form of 1st Cir. BAP L.R. Official Form 2, indicating whether the party knows of any interested party who is not listed in the notice of appeal. The filing is excluded from the brief length limitations. (A) Interested Party. An “interested party” includes all persons, associations, firms, partnerships, corporations, guarantors, insurers, affiliates, or other legal entities that are financially interested in the outcome of the appeal. When a corporation is a party to an appeal, the Statement of Interested Parties shall identify any parent corporation and any publicly held 11 corporation that owns 10% or more of its stock or state that there is no such corporation. An individual listing is not necessary if a large group of persons or firms can be specified by a generic description. The Statement of Interested Parties shall include the names of attorneys who have previously appeared for a party in the case or proceeding below but who have not entered an appearance with the BAP.