Ohio Loc. App. R. 18

As amended through October 29, 2024
Rule 18 - Filing and Service of Briefs
(A) Time for filing and serving briefs

The Court will issue a scheduling order for filing and serving the briefs. If the appellant files a Notice of Automatic Extension of Time to File Brief pursuant to Loc.R. 14, or if the Court grants the appellant an extension of time to file the appellant's brief pursuant to Loc.R. 10(B)(2) or 14(E), the appellee shall, without further order of the Court, file and serve the appellee's brief within 20 days after the appellant's brief was filed, or 15 days if the case is on the accelerated calendar. If appellee files a Notice of Automatic Extension of Time to File Brief pursuant to Loc.R. 14, or if the Court grants the appellee an extension of time to file the appellee's brief pursuant to Loc.R. 14(E), the appellant shall, without further order of the Court, file and serve a reply brief, if any, within 10 days of the filing of appellee's brief.

This division shall not apply to an expedited appeal under App.R. 11.2.

(B) Number of copies to be filed and served

A party shall file an original and one copy of a brief. The original brief shall be unbound and without dividers or tabs, but the copy may be bound at the top left corner.

This division shall not apply to briefs filed electronically under Loc.R. 13.1.

Ohio. Loc. App. R. 18

Amended eff. 1/1/2022; amended eff. 2/1/2024.