(A) General Requirements. Briefs shall be either typewritten or printed and shall contain the matter provided by App. R. 16 and be in the form provided by App. R. 19. The title page of briefs shall include the appropriate designation "REGULAR CALENDAR" or "ACCELERATED CALENDAR" beneath the case number assigned to the appeal or action. (B) Length of briefs. Initial and answer briefs in an appeal on the regular calendar shall not exceed twenty-five (25) pages in length, exclusive of the table of contents, assignments of error and appendix. Reply briefs shall be restricted to matters in rebuttal of the answer brief, and shall not exceed ten (10) pages in length, exclusive of the table of contents and appendix. The length of briefs in a cross-appeal shall be governed by Local Rule 14. Initial and answer briefs in an appeal on the accelerated calendar shall not exceed fifteen (15) pages in length, exclusive of the table of contents, assignments of error and appendix.
These maximums may be exceeded only with the permission of the Court upon a finding of extraordinary circumstances which necessitate the filing of a brief that exceeds the limits imposed by this rule.
(C) Citations. References to the record must include reference to the volume and page number of the transcript. Case citations and other legal authorities must appear in the text of the argument after the point of law for which the case or legal authority is cited, NOT in a footnote, and must include the volume and page number of the case, and the particular page number where the point of law is found. (D) Appendix. The parties shall include in the appendix, at the end of the brief, legibly reproduced copies of: 1. The judgment entry appealed from; 2. Any opinion of the trial court and/or decision of a magistrate setting forth the rational for the judgment entry appealed; 3. Any written findings of fact and conclusions of law in the record; 4. All statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, and constitutional provisions cited in the brief; 5. All opinions previously referred to as "unpublished" that are not posted on the Ohio Supreme Court website under rule 3 of the Supreme Court Rules for the Reporting of Opinions. Documents included by appellant need not be duplicated in the appendix to appellee's brief.
(E) Binding of Briefs. All briefs shall be securely fastened along the left margin in at least two places. Plastic covers which are not attached to the pages of the brief by staples or mechanical fasteners shall not be used. If staples are used to fasten the page of the brief, care shall be taken to ensure that the points of the staples do not protrude at the back of the brief. (F) Noncompliance. A brief not prepared in accordance with these rules, and inadvertently accepted by the clerk for filing, may be returned by the Court to counsel to be conformed to the rules within a specified time period. Failure to conform by an appellant may result in dismissal of the appeal; failure to conform by an appellee may result in the brief being stricken and the denial of the right to argue. Amended effective 7/1/1984; 10/1/1991; 7/1/1992; 5/1/1993; 6/16/1997; 6/23/2003.