Circuit Rule 29: Brief of an Amicus Curiae
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. 29(a)(5) that limits the brief of an amicus curiae during the initial consideration of a case on the merits to one-half the length by Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(7) for a party’s principal brief. An amicus brief is acceptable if it contains no more than 7,000 words.