Briefs and Memoranda

(a) General Form. A Brief or Memorandum (“Brief”) shall be printed, typewritten, or presented in some other legible form. (b) Amicus Briefs. An amicus brief may not be filed without leave of the Presiding Judge.

The brief shall specifically set forth the interest of the amicus curiae in the outcome of the litigation. (c) Length. Excluding the cover page, table of contents and authorities, addendum, certificates of counsel, the signature block, and certificate of service (the 39 “excluded text”), the length of a principal brief may not exceed thirty (30) pages, or 13,000 words of non-excluded text and a response brief may not exceed fifteen (15) pages or 6,500 words of non-excluded text. The first brief filed by a party is that party’s “principal brief.” Permission to file a brief to exceed these page limitations will be granted by the Presiding Judge only for extraordinary and compelling reasons.

(d) Tables of Contents and Authorities. A brief more than ten (10) pages shall contain: (1) a table of contents with page references; and (2) an alphabetically arranged table of cases, statutes, and other authorities cited, with page references to the location of all citations. (e) Citations to Appendix or Exhibit. If a party’s motion or response is accompanied by an appendix or exhibit, the party’s brief shall include citations to each page of the appendix or exhibit that supports each assertion that the party makes concerning any documentary or non- documentary evidence on which the party relies to support or oppose the motion.