Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi

Format

Type

Times New Roman 14 pt, double-spaced

Margins

1-inch margins

Opening brief

No fixed limit found

Reply brief

No fixed limit found

Rules

Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure — M.R.A.P. 32; M.R.A.P. 28(h) (unverified)

Parts of the brief, in order

1. Cover — Required · M.R.A.P. 32
2. CERTIFICATE OF INTERESTED PERSONS — Required · M.R.A.P. 28(a)
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS — Required · M.R.A.P. 28(a)
4. TABLE OF AUTHORITIES — Required · M.R.A.P. 28(a)
5. STATEMENT OF THE ISSUES — Required · M.R.A.P. 28(a)
6. STATEMENT OF ASSIGNMENT — Required · M.R.A.P. 28(a); M.R.A.P. 16
7. STATEMENT OF THE CASE — Required · M.R.A.P. 28(a)
8. SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT — Required · M.R.A.P. 28(a)
9. ARGUMENT — Required · M.R.A.P. 28(a)
10. CONCLUSION — Required · M.R.A.P. 28(a)
11. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE — Required · M.R.A.P. 25

Record citations: (R. 12) clerk's papers; (Tr. 12) transcript; (R.E. 12) record excerpts — customary, not verified in rule text

Record Excerpts

Required. Pages are numbered like R.E. 12. (M.R.A.P. 30)

Record excerpts accompany appellant's brief; exact contents/order not verified.

Certificates

• Service: Certificate of service
• Certificate of interested persons (M.R.A.P. 28(a))

Good to know

• Official M.R.A.P. PDF (courts.ms.gov) could not be retrieved; format and length fields left null. Believed (unverified) that M.R.A.P. 28(h) limits principal briefs to 50 pages and replies to 25 pages—confirm before use.
• Section order taken from a June 2025 appellant's brief filed in the Supreme Court (No. 2024-SA-01281), not from rule text.
• All appeals are filed in the Supreme Court and some are assigned to the Court of Appeals (M.R.A.P. 16); the Statement of Assignment addresses retention/assignment.

Filing: Mississippi Electronic Courts (MEC) e-filing for appellate courts (e-filed stamp observed on 2025 brief)