TRUE OR FALSE

1. a notice of appeal is always prepared when a party wishes to appeal to a higher court.
2. the record is always complied into one volume and is referred to as (R.I).
3. the appellant is the party opposing the appeal and can always be identified as the defendant-appellant
4. an appellate brief is prepared by attorneys on each side of the case.
5. the first brief filed by the appellants attorney is a principal brief and the first brief filed by the appellees attorney is a reply brief.
6. rules of appellate courts provide information for formatting an appellate brief.
7. an appendix is always inserted at the end of an appellate brief.
8. if the attorney wishes to have 30 minutes to present an oral argument before the judge oral argument requested should be printed on the title page.
9. page numbers for sections of the table of contents should be aligned at the left.
10. the title of each section of a brief should be keyed in full caps 2 inches from the top of the pages.
11. there may be one or several arguments presented in a brief
12. in the table of authorities list the page number where the first citation to a case or legal authority appears but do not show additional pages where the case is cited.
13. the table of citations and table of authorities are numbered at the bottom with arabic numerals 1 and 2.
14. following the conclusions is a signature block for the attorney which include the name, address, attorneys number, and telephone number.
15. the left and right margins of a typewritten brief should be equal.
16. if a standard footnote is used in a brief a superscript number appears at the end of the references word or phrase in the text.