Ohio Loc. App. R. 14

As amended through October 29, 2024
Rule 14 - Briefing Schedule on Appeal-cross-appeal

Where two or more notices of appeal are filed in the same cause and the parties filing the notices of appeal are opposing each other, the party filing the appeal later in time (App.R. 4(A) ) shall caption the notice of appeal as a cross-appeal, and the briefing schedule for all parties shall be, as follows:

Brief No. 1. Assignments of error and brief of appellant/cross-appellee shall be filed twenty (20) days after notice of filing record is mailed, and shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length, exclusive of the table of contents, assignments of error and appendix;

Brief No. 2. Answer brief, and the assignments of error and brief, of appellee/cross-appellant shall be bound and filed as one brief twenty (20) days from service of Brief No. 1, and shall not exceed thirty-five (35) pages in length, exclusive of the table of contents, assignments of error and appendix;

Brief No. 3. Reply brief and answer brief of appellant/cross-appellee shall be bound and filed as one brief twenty (20) days from service of Brief No. 2, and shall not exceed thirty-five (35) pages in length, exclusive of the table of contents, assignments of error and appendix;

Brief No. 4. Reply brief of appellee/cross-appellant shall be filed ten (10) days from service of Brief No. 3, and shall not exceed ten (10) pages in length, exclusive of the table of contents, assignments of error and appendix.

Ohio. Loc. App. R. 14

Added effective 7/1/1984; amended effective 6/16/1997.