Rule 6.05 Reply Brief

If you're appealing a case, you can only file a reply brief if the other side raised something new in their brief that you need to respond to. You can't file one just to repeat points you already made or to get in the last word. The reply brief has to point out exactly what new material you're responding to.

You also can't use the reply brief to rehash arguments, facts, or legal sources you already covered earlier. If you need to refer back to something from your first brief, you can point to it, but you can't restate it in full. This keeps the briefs focused and stops people from padding their arguments.

If you're both appealing and responding to someone else's appeal (a cross-appellee), you can't file a separate reply brief on its own. Instead, you have to combine your reply with your cross-appellee brief, keeping it as its own clearly marked section within that document.