Except in a summary judgment or summary adjudication motion, no opening or responding memorandum may exceed 15 pages. In a summary judgment or summary adjudication motion, no opening or responding memorandum may exceed 20 pages. No reply or closing memorandum may exceed 10 pages.
2023 California Rules of Court
Unless otherwise specified in these rules, all papers filed must be prepared using a font size not smaller than 12 points.
Any opposition to the motion must be served and filed within five days of service of the moving papers and may be no longer than 15 pages. Any reply brief must be served and filed within two court days of service of the opposition papers and may be no longer than 5 pages.
Except in a summary judgment or summary adjudication motion, a memorandum of points and authorities in support of a motion may not exceed 15 pages, not including exhibits, declarations, attachments, tables of contents or authorities, or the proof of service.
(1) If produced on a computer, a petition or answer must not exceed 8,400 words, including footnotes, and a reply must not exceed 4,200 words, including footnotes. Each petition, answer, or reply must include a certificate by appellate counsel or an unrepresented party stating the number of words in the document.
Assignment length requirements are usually given in terms of numbers of words. Unless the lecturer tells you that these limits are strict, it is normally acceptable to be 10% above or below this word limit (so, for example, a 2000 word assignment should be between 1800 and 2200 words).
The standard (usually unwritten) rule is you should be plus or minus 10% of the wordcount.
In a summary judgment or summary adjudication motion, no opening or responding memorandum may exceed 20 pages. No reply or closing memorandum may exceed 10 pages.
California's Three-Strikes law presents a unique form of sentence enhancement that lengthens sentences based on an individual's criminal history. Consider an individual with one prior serious or violent felony conviction (one “strike”) who is subsequently convicted of another felony.
A notice of motion to strike a portion of a pleading must quote in full the portions sought to be stricken except where the motion is to strike an entire paragraph, cause of action, count, or defense. Specifications in a notice must be numbered consecutively.
Rule 1.100 of the California Rules of Court allows court participants with disabilities, including lawyers, parties, witnesses, and jurors, to request reasonable accommodations from the court. Request for Accommodations by Persons With Disabilities and Response (form MC-410) is available to make the request.
(a) A lawyer shall not make an agreement for, charge, or collect an unconscionable or illegal fee.
(a) A lawyer shall not reveal information protected from disclosure by Business and Professions Code section 6068, subdivision (e)(1) unless the client gives informed consent,* or the disclosure is permitted by paragraph (b) of this rule.
Most courts and lawyers recommend using a 12-point font for legal documents. That's large enough for anyone to be able to read and still small enough that you can fit plenty of information on a single page. Using an overly large font is obnoxious to read and takes up too many pages.
Yes, you can indeed use your gut feeling, but especially at the beginning, you should follow this simple rule: Always double your point size. This is a good rule of thumb to make sure you get the right visual contrast between different parts of your design. Always double or halve your point size.
Font size should be minimum 16pt, but if you use a smaller font size, make sure that you have significantly contrasting colour and use more line spacing. Don't choose values below 12pt, unless you're using them in an UPPERCASE format. In that case, don't go under 10pt.
The Three Strikes Law is defined in California Penal Code 667(e). Essentially, if you have two or more serious or violent felony convictions on your record, and you are then convicted of a third felony, you will be sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.
What Happens if I Have Two Strikes? If you have two prior convictions for serious or violent felonies, you will receive a 25 year to life sentence if the third conviction is for: A serious or violent felony. A non-serious or non-violent offense that involve sex, drugs, or firearms.
Thus, a strike may be expunged in California. However, when a judge dismisses a strike, the felony conviction is not erased completely from the defendant's criminal record. Instead, the applicable “strike” felony is dismissed for the purpose of determining the defendant's sentence for the current conviction.
Any party wishing to file more than one motion for summary adjudication must move for leave of court and explain why the issues cannot be addressed in a single motion.
The motion for summary judgment shall be granted if all the papers submitted show that there is no triable issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.
Summary adjudication differs from summary judgment in California in that summary judgment disposes of the entire case before trial. In contrast, the remaining issues in the case proceed to trial after summary adjudication is granted.
Examples of 2000 word count pages might be longer for blog posts, college essays or term papers, and operating manuals. Answer: 2000 words is 4 pages single spaced or 8 pages double spaced.
Generally, a word count of 1000 words will result in around 3-4 pages when using a standard 12-point font and double-spaced. This equates to around 250-333 words per page.
Answer: 1500 words is 3 pages single spaced or 6 pages double spaced.