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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

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AMICUS CURIAE—Continued 

Rule 

—Purpose ...............................................................  37.1 
—Service.................................................................  37.5 
—Time to ﬁle .........................................................  37.3 
—Word limits  ........................................................  33.1(g)(xi), (xii) 

Cities, counties, and towns ..........................................  37.4 
Consent of parties 

—To argument  ......................................................  28.7 
—To ﬁle brief .........................................................  37.2, 37.3, 37.5 

Electronic transmission  ..............................................  37.2(a) 
Motions for leave to ﬁle briefs 

—At petition stage ...............................................  37.2(b)
 
—Objection to........................................................  37.5 
—On merits ............................................................  37.3(b) 
—Service  ...............................................................  37.5 
—Time to ﬁle .........................................................  37.2(b), 37.3(b) 
—When unnecessary ............................................  37.4 
—Word limits  ........................................................  37.5 
Notice of intent to ﬁle  .................................................  37.2(a) 
Rehearing  ......................................................................  37.3(a), 44.5 
States,  Commonwealths,  Territories,  and  Posses­

sions  ............................................................................  37.4 
United States  ................................................................  37.4 

APPEALS 

Afﬁrm, motion to...........................................................  18.6, 21.2(b) 
Briefs opposing motion to dismiss or to afﬁrm  18.8, 33.1(g)(iii), 33.2(b) 
Certiﬁcation of record ..................................................  18.11, 18.12 
Cross-appeals .................................................................  18.4, 18.9, 25.4 
Dismissal 

—After docketing .................................................  18.6, 21.2(b)
 
—Before docketing  ..............................................  18.5
 
—By agreement of parties ..................................  18.5, 46.1
 
—On death of party  ............................................  35
 
—On motion ..........................................  18.5, 18.6, 21.2(b), 33.1(g)(ii)
 

Docketing, notice to appellees ....................................  18.3 
Frivolous appeals, damages  .......................................  42.2 
Joint appendix, preparation of....................................  26 
Jurisdictional statements 

—Copies, number to be ﬁled ..............................  18.3 
—Cover color .........................................................  33.1(g)(i) 
—Deﬁciencies, effect of ........................................  18.13 
—Distribution to Court .......................................  18.5, 18.6, 21.2(b) 
—Documents,  format  and  general  require­

ments ...............................................................  33, 34