Chapter 21: Briefs and Reproduced Record
Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure – 2026
Rule 2101
Conformance with Requirements
Rule 2102
Intervenors
Rule 2111
Brief of the Appellant
Rule 2112
Brief of the Appellee
Rule 2113
Reply Brief
Rule 2114
Statement of Jurisdiction
Rule 2115
Order or Other Determination in Question
Rule 2116
Statement of Questions Involved
Rule 2117
Statement of the Case
Rule 2118
Summary of Argument
Rule 2119
Argument
Rule 2131
References in Briefs to Parties
Rule 2132
References in Briefs to the Record
Rule 2133
Citations in Opinions Below
Rule 2134
Drafts or Plans
Rule 2135
Length of Briefs
Rule 2136
Briefs in Cases Involving Cross-Appeals
Rule 2137
Briefs in Cases Involving Multiple Appellants or Appellees
Rule 2138
Briefs in Cases Involving Appeals from Multiple Orders
Rule 2139
Briefs on Appeals from the Superior or Commonwealth Courts
Rule 2140
Brief on Remand or Following Grant of Reargument or Reconsideration
Rule 2151
Consideration of Matters on the Original Record without the Necessity of Reproduction
Rule 2152
Content and Effect of Reproduced Record
Rule 2153
Docket Entries and Related Matter
Rule 2154
Designation of Contents of Reproduced Record
Rule 2155
Allocation of Cost of Reproduced Record
Rule 2156
Supplemental Reproduced Record
Rule 2171
Method of Reproduction. Separate Brief and Record
Rule 2172
Covers
Rule 2173
Numbering of Pages
Rule 2174
Tables of Contents and Citations
Rule 2175
Sequence of Material in the Reproduced Record
Rule 2176
Notes of Testimony and Other Papers
Rule 2185
Service and Filing of Briefs
Rule 2186
Service and Filing of Reproduced Record
Rule 2187
Number of Copies to be Filed and Served
Rule 2188
Consequence of Failure to File Briefs and Reproduced Records
Rule 2189
Reproduced Record in Cases Involving the Death Penalty