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This is a chance for the parties to talk to the Court of Appeal justices in person and explain the arguments in their briefs.
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 Can I talk about old and new legal issues in my reply brief? You cannot introduce new legal issues that were not discussed in the respondent’s brief.
But you can address new legal issues that the respondent wrote about. That means you can talk about legal issues that are in the respondent’s brief that are not in the appellant’s opening brief.
Also you can address the respondent’s arguments against the legal issues you discussed in your appellant’s opening brief. For example, you can say that the respondent’s legal authorities did not support their legal argument that the trial court decision was right.
 
 Does the respondent always write a respondent’s brief? No. The respondent is not required to file a respondent’s brief. If the respondent chooses not file a brief, they will not be able to speak directly – or present an oral argument – to the Court of Appeal. That means the Court of Appeal will consider the appellant’s opening brief, the appellant’s oral argument, and the record on appeal. Then the court will make a decision.
 
 Does the respondent write another brief after the reply brief? No. The respondent only writes one brief.
The law says that the Court of Appeal must assume the trial court decision was correct unless the appellant proves there was an error, which means the law favors the respondent. So the law gives the appellant an opportunity to write a second brief to address the arguments made in the respondent’s brief. This is because the appellant has the burden of showing the Court of Appeal that the trial court made a mistake.
The appellant cannot make new legal arguments in the reply brief, so there is nothing new in the reply brief that the respondent needs to address.
 
 Where can I get help writing my brief? Form APP-001 has full instructions on appeal procedures, including what needs to be in a brief.
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