Pennsylvania Code
Title 210 - APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Part I - RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Article II - APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Chapter 21 - BRIEFS AND REPRODUCED RECORD
FORM OF BRIEFS AND REPRODUCED RECORD
Rule 2172 - Covers

Universal Citation: 210 PA Code ยง 2172

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Briefs and Petitions for Allowance of or Permission to Appeal.-On the front cover of the brief there shall appear the following:

(1) the name of the appellate court in which the matter is to be heard;

(2) the docket number of the case in the appellate court;

(3) the caption of the case in the appellate court, as prescribed by these rules;

(4) title of the filing, such as "Brief for Appellant" or "Brief for Respondent." If the reproduced record is bound with the brief, the title shall so indicate, for example, "Brief for Appellant and Reproduced Record," or "Brief for Appellee and Supplemental Reproduced Record," such as the case may be;

(5) designation of the order appealed from such as "Appeal from the Order of" the court from which the appeal is taken, with the docket number therein. On appeals from the Superior Court or the Commonwealth Court its docket number shall be given, followed by a statement as to whether it affirmed, reversed or modified the order of the court or tribunal of first instance, giving also the name of the latter and the docket number, if any, of the case therein;

(6) the names of counsel, giving the office address and telephone number of the one upon whom it is desired notices shall be served.

(b) Children's fast track appeals.-In a children's fast track appeal, the front cover shall include a statement advising the appellate court that the appeal is a children's fast track appeal.

(c) Reproduced record.-If the reproduced record is bound separately, the cover thereof shall be the same as provided in Subdivision (a), except that in place of the information set forth in Paragraph (a)(4) of this rule there shall appear "Reproduced Record" or "Supplemental Reproduced Record," as the case may be.

(d) Repetition in body of document.-Unless expressly required by these rules, none of the material set forth in Subdivisions (a) through (c) shall be repeated in the brief or reproduced record.

(e) Cover stock.-The covers of all briefs and reproduced records must be so light in color as to permit writing in ink thereon to be easily read and so firm in texture that the ink will not run.

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