In an order entered yesterday and issued per curiam, on behalf of the entire Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Chief Judge McKee directed that “a three-judge Standing Motions Panel is hereby appointed to rule on all motions to exceed the page/word limitations for briefs since the page/word limitations, prescribed by Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(7), should be sufficient to address all issues in an appeal.”  The court noted that motions for leave to exceed the page/word limitations

In re John’s Main Auto Body, 2011 WL 51578 (App. Div. Jan. 6, 2011).  An auto body business, John’s, appealed a determination by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority that John’s did not meet prequalification requirements for bidding on towing and other Turnpike work.  The Appellate Division rejected all of John’s arguments and affirmed the decision of the Turnpike Authority.

Among other arguments, John’s urged the Appellate Division to “curtail the power vested

Muracco v. Township of Washington, 2010 WL 5376867 (App. Div. Nov. 16, 2010).  Courts have repeatedly made clear that documents cannot be attached to a brief, but must be appended to a certification or affidavit made on personal knowledge, in accordance with Rule 1:6-6.  E.g., Sellers v. Schonfeld, 270 N.J. Super. 424, 428-29 (App. Div. 1993).  In this case, the Appellate Division found that the defendant’s multiple failures to comply with Rule 1:6-6 we