(b) Designation of Appellant. The party who files a notice of appeal first is the appellant for the purposes of this rule and Rules 30 and 34. If notices are filed on the same day, the plaintiff in the proceeding below is the appellant. These designations may be modified by the parties’ agreement or by court order.
(c) Briefs. In a case involving a cross-appeal:
(2) Appellee’s Principal and Response Brief. The appellee must file a principal brief in the cross-appeal and must, in the same brief, respond to the principal brief in the appeal. That appellee’s brief must comply with Rule 28(a), except that the brief need not include a statement of the case unless the appellee is dissatisfied with the appellant’s statement.
(3) Appellant’s Response and Reply Brief. The appellant must file a brief that responds to the principal brief in the cross-appeal and may, in the same brief, reply to the response in the appeal. That brief must comply with Rule 28(a)(2)–(8) and (10), except that none of the following need appear unless the appellant is dissatisfied with the appellee’s statement in the cross-appeal:
(B) the statement of the issues;
(C) the statement of the case; and
(D) the statement of the standard of review.
(5) No Further Briefs. Unless the court permits, no further briefs may be filed in a case involving a cross-appeal.
(e) Length.
(2) Type-Volume Limitation.
(ii) uses a monospaced face and contains no more than 1,300 lines of text.
(ii) uses a monospaced face and contains no more than 1,500 lines of text.
(2) the appellee’s principal and response brief, within 30 days after the appellant’s principal brief is served;
(3) the appellant’s response and reply brief, within 30 days after the appellee’s principal and response brief is served; and
(4) the appellee’s reply brief, within 21 days after the appellant’s response and reply brief is served, but at least 7 days before argument unless the court, for good cause, allows a later filing.
