Circuit Rule 28.1: Cross-Appeals
Circuit Rules and Operating Procedures of the Seventh Circuit — Title VII. General Provisions
A brief need not comply with the portion of Fed. R. App. P. 28.1(e)(2) setting maximum word counts for briefs in cross-appeals. An appellant’s opening brief in a cross-appeal, or the appellant’s response brief, is acceptable if it contains no more than 14,000 words; an appellee’s combined principal and responsive brief is acceptable if it contains no more than 16,500 words; and a reply brief is acceptable if it contains no more than 7000 words.