15-26A-69. Printing and binding specifications for briefs. All briefs shall substantially conform to the following standards, requirements, and conditions:
(1) Each brief shall be printed in black in a clear and legible manner on one side only of white, unglazed, opaque paper of good texture, eight and one-half inches wide and eleven inches long.
(2) The printing shall be double-spaced, except for lengthy quotations, which shall be indented and may be single spaced.
(3) The left margin shall be one and one-half inches and all other margins shall not be less than one inch. The printing shall not be right-justified.
(4) Each page of the brief, except the front index, shall be consecutively numbered in Arabic figures centered at the bottom of each page.
(5) The cover of each brief shall state the title of the action, indicating which party is appellant and which is appellee; the name of the court from which the appeal is taken; the name of the judge who tried the action; whether the brief is for the appellant or appellee; the names and addresses of the attorneys for the appellant and appellee; and the date the notice of appeal was filed.
(6) Each brief shall be securely bound on the left margin by substantial staples and binding tape or other approved binding.Source: Supreme Court Rule 79-1, Rule 12 (9)(b); SDCL Supp, § 15-26A-51; SL 1995, ch 311 (Supreme Court Rule 95-4); SL 1999, ch 280.
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