The Supreme Court recently announced amendments to Rules 10.2, 13, 14, 15, 26, 26.1, Official Form K and Internal Operating Procedure XVIII(7)(j). The amendments alter the formatting and filing requirements for briefs. For example, the amendment to Rule 13(a)(i) deletes the requirement that parties place two spaces between sentences. By way of further example, Rule 14(d) has been amended to limit briefs by word count rather than by the number of pages. The Court's Internal Operating Procedures have been amended to refer to type-volume extensions rather than page limit extensions. The amendments, which become effective October 3, 2016, may be found here.
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