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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

judgment  sought  to  be  reviewed  has  already  been  satisﬁed, 
or is otherwise secured, the bond may be conditioned on the 
satisfaction  of  the  part  of  the  judgment  not  otherwise  se­
cured or satisﬁed, together with costs, interest, and damages. 

PART  VI.  BRIEFS ON THE  MERITS AND  ORAL  ARGUMENT 

Rule 24.  Briefs on the Merits: In General 

1.  A  brief  on  the  merits  for  a  petitioner  or  an  appellant 
shall comply in all respects with Rules 33.1 and 34 and shall 
contain in the order here indicated: 

(a)  The questions presented for review under Rule 14.1(a). 
The questions shall be set out on the ﬁrst page following the 
cover,  and  no  other  information  may  appear  on  that  page. 
The  phrasing of  the questions  presented need  not be  identi­
cal  with  that  in  the  petition  for  a  writ  of  certiorari  or  the 
jurisdictional  statement,  but  the  brief  may  not  raise  addi­
tional  questions  or  change  the  substance  of  the  questions 
already  presented  in  those  documents.  At  its  option,  how­
ever,  the  Court  may  consider  a  plain  error  not  among  the 
questions  presented  but  evident  from  the  record  and  other­
wise within its jurisdiction to decide. 

(b)  A  list  of  all  parties  to  the  proceeding  in  the  court 
whose  judgment  is  under  review  (unless  the  caption  of  the 
case  in  this  Court  contains  the  names  of  all  parties).  Any 
amended corporate disclosure statement as required by Rule 
29.6 shall be placed here. 

(c)  If the  brief exceeds ﬁve  pages, a table of  contents and 

a table of cited authorities. 

(d)  Citations  of  the  ofﬁcial  and  unofﬁcial  reports  of  the 
opinions and orders entered in the case by courts and admin­
istrative agencies. 

(e)  A concise statement of the basis for jurisdiction in this 
Court, including the statutory provisions and time factors on 
which jurisdiction rests. 

(f)  The  constitutional  provisions,  treaties,  statutes,  ordi­
nances,  and  regulations  involved  in  the  case,  set  out  verba­
tim with appropriate citation.  If the provisions involved are