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2006 South Dakota Code - 15-26A-66 — Length of briefs.
15-26A-66. Length of briefs. (a) Monospaced Typeface. Appellant and appellee briefs in monospaced typeface shall not exceed forty pages. A reply brief and amicus curiae brief shall not exceed twenty pages. A supplemental brief shall not exceed ten pages. Monospaced type shall be no more nor no less than ten characters per inch (10 cpi).
(b) Proportionally Spaced Typeface.
Appellant and appellee briefs in proportionally spaced typeface
shall not exceed thirty-two pages. A reply brief and amicus curiae
brief shall not exceed sixteen pages. A supplemental brief shall
not exceed five pages. Nonetheless, briefs may exceed these page
limitations if they otherwise comply with the type volume
limitations in § 15-26A-66(b)(2). A proportionally spaced
typeface must include serifs, but sans serif type may be used in
headings and captions. A proportionally spaced typeface must be
12-point or larger, in both body text and footnotes.
(1) Type Style. Briefs must be set
in a plain, roman style, although italics may be used for emphasis.
Case names must be italicized or underlined. Boldface can only be
used for case captions, section names, and argument headings. The
use of all-capitals text may be applied only for case captions and
section names. Nevertheless, quoted passages may use the original
type styles and capitalization.
(2) Type Volume Limitation.
Appellant and appellee briefs are acceptable if they contain no
more than the greater of 10,000 words or 50,000 characters. A reply
brief and amicus curiae brief are acceptable if they contain no
more than half the type volume specified for appellant and appellee
briefs.
(3) Headings, footnotes, and quotations
count toward the word and character limitations. The table of
contents, table of cases, jurisdictional statement, statement of
legal issues, any addendum materials, and any certificates of
counsel do not count toward the limitations.
(4) Certificate of Compliance. A
brief submitted under § 15-26A-66(b) must include a
certificate by the attorney, or an unrepresented party, that the
brief complies with the type volume limitation. The certificate
must state the number of words or characters in the brief. The
person preparing the certificate may rely on the word or character
count of the word-processing system used to prepare the
brief.
(c) Upon approval of the Supreme Court,
page or word limitations for briefs may be exceeded. A written
request for such approval to exceed limitations shall be filed at
least ten days prior to the filing date of the brief, specifying in
detail the reasons why additions are necessary and stating the
number of additional pages or words requested.
Source: Supreme Court Rule 79-1, Rule 12 (7); SDCL Supp, § 15-26A-48; Supreme Court Rule 80-3; SL 1993, ch 394 (Supreme Court Rule 93-11); SL 1999, ch 278.
Source: Supreme Court Rule 79-1, Rule 12 (7); SDCL Supp, § 15-26A-48; Supreme Court Rule 80-3; SL 1993, ch 394 (Supreme Court Rule 93-11); SL 1999, ch 278.
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