17 C.F.R. § 12.11   Formalities of filing of documents with the Proceedings Clerk.


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Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges
PART 12—RULES RELATING TO REPARATIONS
Subpart A—General Information and Preliminary Consideration of Pleadings

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§ 12.11   Formalities of filing of documents with the Proceedings Clerk.

(a) Number of copies. Unless otherwise specifically provided, an original and one conformed copy of all documents shall be filed with the Proceedings Clerk.

(b) Title page. All documents filed with the Proceedings Clerk must include at the head thereof, or on a title page, the name of the Commission, the title of the proceeding, the docket number (if one has yet been assigned by the Proceedings Clerk), the subject of the particular document and the name of the person on whose behalf the document is being filed. In the complaint the title of the proceeding shall include the names of all the complainants and respondents, but in documents subsequently filed it is sufficient to state the name of the first complainant and first respondent named in the complaint.

(c) Paper, spacing, type. All documents filed under the Reparation Rules shall be typewritten, mimeographed, printed, or, if a party is not represented by counsel, in plainly legible handwriting; shall be on one grade of good white paper no less than 8 or more than 81/2 inches wide and no less than 101/2 or more than 111/2 inches long; and shall be bound on the top only. They shall be double-spaced, except for long quotations (3 or more lines) and footnotes which should be single-spaced.

(d) Signature. The original copy of all papers must be signed in ink by the person filing the same or by his duly authorized agent or attorney.

(e) Length and form of briefs. All briefs filed with the Proceedings Clerk containing more than 10 pages shall include an index and a table of cases and other authorities cited. The date of each brief shall appear on its front cover or title page and on its signature page. No brief shall exceed 35 pages in length, except with the permission of the Commission, or the Judgment Officer or Administrative Law Judge, before whom the matter is then pending.

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