901 Order amending Rule 2112 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure; no. 226 appellate procedural rules doc.

Title 210—APPELLATE PROCEDURE

PART I. RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

[ 210 PA. CODE CH. 21 ]

Order Amending Rule 2112 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure; No. 226 Appellate Procedural Rules Doc.

[43 Pa.B. 2704]
[Saturday, May 18, 2013]

Order

Per Curiam

 And Now, this 1st day of May, 2013, upon the recommendation of the Appellate Court Procedural Rules Committee; the proposal having been published for public comment at 42 Pa.B. 7246 (December 1, 2012):

 It Is Ordered pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 2112 is amended in the following form.

 This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and the amendments herein shall be effective to appeals and petitions for review filed 30 days after adoption.

Annex A

TITLE 210. APPELLATE PROCEDURE

PART I. RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

ARTICLE II. APPELLATE PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 21. BRIEFS AND REPRODUCED RECORD

CONTENT OF BRIEFS

Rule 2112. Brief of the Appellee.

 The brief of the appellee, except as otherwise prescribed by these rules, need contain only a summary of argument and the complete argument for appellee and may also include counter-statements of any of the matters required in the appellant's brief as stated in Pa.R.A.P. 2111(a). [However, the appellee may add a counter-statement of the questions involved and a counter-statement of the case.] Unless the appellee does so, or the brief of the appellee otherwise challenges the [questions involved or the statement of the case as stated by appellant] matters set forth in the appellant's brief, it will be assumed the appellee is satisfied with them, or with such parts of them as remain unchallenged.

 Official Note: [Based on former Supreme Court Rule 48, former Superior Court Rule 40 and former Commonwealth Court Rule 91. See also Cubitt v. New York Cent. R. Co., 278 Pa. 366, 370, 123 Atl. 308, 309 (1924).] See Pa.R.A.P. 2111 and 2114—2119.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 13-901. Filed for public inspection May 17, 2013, 9:00 a.m.]