Analysis of Briefing Requirements in the United States Courts of Appeals. Report to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules.

摘要

At its November 2003 meeting, the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure decided that it needed more information about re-ported problems with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure (FRAP) 28 before considering potential amendments to the rule. The committee asked the Federal Judicial Center to assist it by identifying o every local rule or practice that imposes upon briefs and brief covers requirements that are not found in FRAP 28 and 32; o the history of the local rules or practices that vary from the national rules; and o the degree to which those variances are enforced in practice.