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General Order of the Civil District Courts sitting in Dallas County (signed April 6, 2020 by the thirteen civil presiding judges), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 10/07/2023): the 25-page limit on motions and briefs with formatting floors — the instrument the individual courts' policies cite as the amended page-limit rule.
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"No Motion or Brief filed with the Court may exceed 25 one-sided pages in length. Only one appendix, also limited to 25 one-sided pages in length may be filed supporting any Motion or Brief. The use of any font less than 12 point, or margins less than 1\" on each side of a page is hereby prohibited. Additionally, the use of reduced, multiple pages (i.e.: Min-u-script) is hereby prohibited. Permission to file a brief in excess of these page limitations may be granted by the Presiding Judge of any particular Court upon a showing of compelling reasons."
Reviewer note: Quoted verbatim in full; the 2020 signature block (Goldstein 44th, Smith 192nd, Moore 162nd et al.) records the predecessor bench — succession cross-data banked; custody sha256 in the registry ledger (doc 1633); the 14th and the 193rd both host the same amendment text on their pages (Amended-Local-Rule.pdf / Amended-Local-Rule-20231009.pdf, similarity 1.000 — re-posts; custody shas in the crawl ledger).
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.