RULE 30. APPENDIX TO THE BRIEFS

Obsolete Date: 3/1/2003

(a) Duty of Appellant to Prepare and File; Contents of Appendix; Time for Filing; Number of Copies. Only items actually in the record may be included in the appendix. A signature on the brief, under Rule 28, certifies compliance with this rule. Unless filing of the appendix is deferred under subdivision (c), the appellant shall serve and file an appendix with the appellant's brief. The appendix must be separately bound and contain a table of contents, with page references, and only the following relevant portions of the lower court record:

1. the docket sheet of the lower court, and agency docket sheet when an appeal is taken under the Administrative Agencies Practice Act;
2. the indictment, information, or complaint, as amended;
3. the answer, counterclaim, cross claim, and replies;
4. parts of any pre-trial order relevant to the issues on appeal;
5. any supporting memorandum of decision, findings of fact and conclusions of law filed or delivered orally by the court;
6. the judgment, order, or decision in question;
7. any other orders to be reviewed;
8. the instruction in question, if the correctness of a jury instruction is in issue, and any other relevant part of the jury charge;
9. the notice of appeal;
10. any other relevant parts of the record, including portions of the transcript, to which the particular attention of the court is invited.

Unless they have independent relevance, briefs of the parties in the trial court should not be included in the appendix.

The fact that parts of the record are not included in the appendix does not preclude the parties or the court from relying on those parts.

Eight copies of the appendix must be filed with the clerk, and one copy must be served on counsel for each party separately represented, unless the court by rule or order directs otherwise.

(b) Option of Appellee or Cross-Appellant to Serve and File Appendix; Cost of Producing. The parties are encouraged to agree as to the contents of a single appendix. If an appellee or cross-appellant deems it necessary to direct the attention of the court to parts of the record not included in the appellant's appendix, a separate appendix may be served and filed with the appellee's brief. If an appellee or cross-appellant prepares an appendix, eight copies must be filed with the clerk, and one copy must be served on counsel for each party separately represented, unless the court by rule or order directs otherwise.

Only items specified in subdivision (a), that have not been included in the appellant's appendix, may be included in the appellee's or cross-appellant's appendix.

(c) Deferred Filing. The court, on motion, may defer preparation of the appendix until after service and filing of the appellee's brief. If a deferred appendix is authorized, references in the briefs must be to the docket number for the parts of the record involved. If preparation and filing of the appendix is thus deferred, the appellant must prepare the appendix. The appendix must contain the documents required under subdivision (a) and other parts of the record cited in the appellant's or appellee's brief. The appendix must be served and filed within 21 days after service of the appellee's brief.

(d) Arrangement of the Appendix and Table of Contents. The table of contents must be located in the beginning of the appendix, and the table must be arranged in the same order as parts of the record appear in the appendix. The table must indicate the page in the appendix where each item is located, and the page number for any portion of the transcript included in the appendix. The docket sheet of the lower court must immediately follow the table of contents. The remainder of the appendix must be arranged in the same order as the docket entries. An appendix more than 50 pages long may be prepared with double-sided copies.