The Appellee’s Brief; Contents

and Organization The brief of the appellee shall contain, in a form corresponding to that stated in Section 67-4, the following: (a) A table of contents. (b) A counterstatement of any issue involved as to which the appellee disagrees with the state- ment of the appellant or a statement of any other grounds which were properly raised by an appel- lee under Section 63-4. Such statement shall be deemed in replacement of and shall supersede the preliminary statement of the issues. (c) A table of authorities cited in the brief, with references to the page or pages of the brief where the citations to those authorities appear. Citations shall be in the form provided in Section 67-11. (d) A counter statement of any fact as to which the appellee disagrees with the statement of the appellant. The counter statement of facts shall be in narrative form and shall be supported by appropriate references to the page or pages of the transcript or to the relevant document upon which the appellee relies. An appellee may not rely on any fact unless it is set forth in the appel- lee’s counter statement of facts or in the appel- lant’s statement of facts or is incorporated in any brief of the parties in accordance with Section 67- 4 (e) or with subsection (e) hereof. (e) The argument of the appellee, divided as provided in Section 67-4 (e). The argument on each point shall include a separate, brief state- the standard of review the appellee ment of believes should be applied. The argument may augment or take exception to the appellant’s pre- sentation of rulings or the charge by reference to any relevant part of the court’s charge or any other evidence in narrative or verbatim form which is relevant to such question, with appropriate refer- ences to the statements of facts or to the page or pages of the transcript or to the relevant document. (f) Claims, if any, directed to any rulings or deci- sions of the trial court adverse to the appellee. These shall be made in the manner provided in Section 67-4 (e). (g) A short conclusion stating the precise relief sought. 484 © Copyrighted by the Secretary of the State of the State of Connecticut RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE