OAR 661-010-0039: Reply Brief

A reply brief shall be permitted. A reply brief shall be filed within seven days of the date the respondent's brief is filed. A reply brief shall be confined to responses to arguments in the respondent's brief, state agency brief, or amicus brief, but shall not include new assignments of error or advance new bases for reversal or remand. A reply brief shall not exceed 1,000 words, exclusive of appendices, unless permission for a longer reply brief is given by the Board. If a party does not have access to a word-processing system that provides a word count, a reply brief is acceptable if it does not exceed four pages. A reply brief must include the certificate of compliance required by OAR 661-010-0030(2)(k). A reply brief shall have gray front and back covers.