GREEN v. CARLSON

No. 86-2096.

813 F.2d 863 (1987)

Maria GREEN, administrator of the estate of Joseph Jones, Jr. (a/k/a Rosco Simmons), and next of kin of Joseph Jones, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norman CARLSON, Robert L. Brutsche, and Benjamin De Garcia, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald E. Elberger, Bose, McKinney & Evans, John F. Joyce, Michael A. Bergin, Locke Reynolds Boyd & Weisell, Richard M. Knoth, Andrew W. Hull, Bose, McKinney & Evans, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellants.

Jessie A. Cook, Trueblood, Harmon, Carter & Cook, Terre Haute, Ind., Michael E. Deutsch, Peoples Law Office, G. Flint Taylor, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Gerald H. McGlone, Gerald H. McGlone Law Offices, Brad Bough, Terre Haute, Ind., Amicus Curiae.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY, and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appellee has requested our permission to file a brief in excess of 50 pages. See Fed.R.App.P. 28(g). The request states in its entirety: "since Defendants[-appellants] have filed a 65 page brief, Appellee respectfully requests that she be permitted to file a 65 page brief in response." The request is DENIED.

We write to clear up the prevalent misconception that if an appellant is granted permission to file a brief in excess of 50 pages, the...

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