For example, if you are the appealing party, it's not enough to ask the court to say the trial court was wrong, you must say what you are asking the appellate court to do about it. Although there are specific rules about the format of the brief, ease of reading is always the goal. Any combination of font size and line length resulting in an average of more than 65 characters per line is hard to read. Make your brief easy to read. Briefs should have a binding allowing them to lie open without having to be held down.
Justices often have more documents open than they have hands.
All electronic copies of briefs must contain in a single file all information contained in the paper brief, including cover, table of contents, and certifications, in the same order as in the paper brief. Then proofread again. Appendix Only material actually in the trial court record may be included in the Appendix. File an appropriate appendix. If the judge's reasoning is in the transcript, include those pages of the transcript.