Minn. R. Civ. App. P. 105.02
The petition shall be entitled as in the trial court, shall not exceed 4,000 words, exclusive of the caption, signature block, and addendum, and shall contain:
A copy of the order from which the appeal is sought and any findings of fact, conclusions of law, or memorandum of law relating to it shall be included in an addendum, which shall be prepared as prescribed in Rule 130.02.
Any adverse party may, within 7 days after service of the petition, serve and file with the clerk of the appellate courts a response to the petition, which shall not exceed 4,000 words, exclusive of the caption, signature block, and addendum. Any reply shall be served within 3 days after service of the response and shall not exceed 2,000 words. As permitted by Rule 6.01(a)(2) of the Rules of Civil Procedure, the time period for filing a reply in support of the petition does not include intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays. All documents may be typewritten in the form prescribed in Rule 132.02. No additional memoranda may be filed without leave of the appellate court.
A copy of the response and any reply shall also be filed with the trial court administrator, and proof of that filing shall be filed with the clerk of the appellate courts.
The petition and any response or reply shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Document Length.
The petition and any response shall be submitted without oral argument unless otherwise ordered.
Minn. R. Civ. App. P. 105.02
The rule has been amended to change the responsive time from seven to five days to be consistent with the time to file a response to a petition for an extraordinary writ and to a motion. See MINN. R. CIV. APP. P. 120.02, 127. The two-day period to file a reply is added to be consistent with the provision for a reply in the rule on motions. See MINN. R. CIV. APP. P. 127. Because intervening weekends and holidays are not counted when the time for response is less than seven days, the change will not shorten the time for response, and may actually lengthen it in some cases. See MINN. R. CIV. APP. P. 126.01.
Advisory Committee Comment - 2000 Amendments
Rule 105.01 is changed to authorize petitions to the Supreme Court seeking discretionary review of nonappealable orders of the Tax Court and the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals. The Court has noted the advisability of such a provision. See Tarutis v. Commissioner of Revenue, 393 N.W.2d 667, 668-69 (Minn. 1986). The amendment to Rule 105.02 clarifies that the petition should not be accompanied by a separate memorandum of law, expands the page limit for the petition to ten pages and specifies page limits for the response and reply.
Advisory Committee Comment - 2016 Amendments
Rule 105 is amended to re-define the length limit to 4,000 words rather than the current five pages for petitions and responses, and 2,000 words rather than 5 pages for replies. This change, coupled with the requirement that a 13-point font be used, will have a practical effect of permitting petitions that are slightly longer, but will be more easily read, both in paper format and on computer screens.