8.4.17 APPENDIX
Few courts have rules that require an appendix for every brief. As noted previously, however, Supreme Court Rule 24.1(f) suggests an appendix (sometimes known as an “addendum”) when legislation is too lengthy to reprint in the “applicable statutes” section of the brief.
If an appendix is necessary, do not simply attach copies of statutes printed from Bloomberg, Lexis, or Westlaw. Instead, retype the statutes in a readable format, or download the text into a word processing system and reformat the text, using typefaces and margins that promote readability.Local rules and local practice—as well as the particular needs of your brief—will dictate the items that you include in the appendix. In general, you should include any information to which the court may need to refer while it considers the case, and which is not contained in the Joint Appendix or the Appendix to the Petition for the Writ of Certiorari. For example, you may include unpublished decisions, copies of documents (or segments of documents) that are at issue, and the like.17 Note that some court rules may require an appendix in certain circumstances; some trial courts require that counsel attach copies of unpublished decisions or of decisions from courts of another jurisdiction.