Rule 7.11 Failure to File

(a) If in any case the party holding the affirmative fails to file a brief within the time fixed by law or the rules herein, the case shall be dismissed on the ground of want of prosecution.

(b) When the party holding the negative has failed to file and serve a brief as is required by these rules, and the brief of the party holding the affirmative has been duly filed and served within the time required, the party holding the affirmative may submit the case, with or without oral argument, and the other party shall not be heard.