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D.N.J. L. Civ. R. 7.2
Affidavits and Briefs
(a) Affidavits, declarations, certifications and other documents of the type referenced in 28 U.S.C.
§ 1746 shall be restricted to statements of fact within the personal knowledge of the signatory. Argument of the
facts and the law shall not be contained in such documents. Legal arguments and summations in such
documents will be disregarded by the Court and may subject the signatory to appropriate censure, sanctions or
both.
(b) Any brief shall include a table of contents and a table of authorities and shall not exceed 40
ordinary typed or printed pages (15 pages for any reply brief submitted under L.Civ.R. 7.1(d)(3) and any brief in
support of or in opposition to a motion for reconsideration submitted under L.Civ.R. 7.1(i)), excluding pages
required for the table of contents and authorities. Briefs of greater length will only be accepted if special
permission of the Judge is obtained prior to submission of the brief.
(c) All briefs shall be in black lettering on paper size 8.5 x 11 inches. All margins shall be not less
than one inch on sides, top, and bottom.
(d) Each page of a brief shall contain double-spaced text and/or single-spaced footnotes or inserts.
Typeface shall be in 12-point non-proportional font (such as Courier New 12) or an equivalent 14-point
proportional font (such as Times New Roman 14). If a 12-point proportional font is used instead, the page
limits shall be reduced by 25 percent (e.g., the 40 page limit becomes 30 pages in this font and the 15 page limit
becomes 11.25 pages). Footnotes shall be printed in the same size of type utilized in the text.
History
Amended: December 22, 1999; April 19, 2000; December 13, 2007; June 19, 2013.
Provenance
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- www.njd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-18
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