Local Rule LBR 7017-1: Trial and Post-Trial Briefs
Bankr. D. Haw. — Civil rule
LBR 7017-1. Trial and Post-Trial Briefs
(a) Format. Trial and post-trial briefs shall comply with the format requirements of LBR 9004-1.
(b) Length. In computing the length limit, headings, footnotes, and quotations count toward the word limit of a brief, but the following items do not: case caption, table of contents, table of authorities, exhibits, declarations, certificates of counsel, signatures, and certificate of service. Only the pertinent portions on exhibits should be attached to a brief.
(1) Principal Brief. A party's principal brief must not exceed 30 pages. The length of a principal brief is acceptable if it contains a certificate that it contains no more than 13,000 words, or no more than 1,300 lines of text.
(2) Reply Brief. A party's reply brief must not exceed 15 pages. The length of a reply brief is acceptable if it contains a certificate that it contains no more than half the word or line limit specified in paragraph (1) of this rule.
(3) Table of Contents; Table of Authorities. Briefs exceeding 10 pages must include a table of contents and a table of authorities cited.