Tenn. R. App. P. 27
Advisory Commission Comments.
Briefs will be oriented toward a statement of the issues presented in a case and the arguments in support thereof.
Subdivision (g) envisions that the clerk of the trial court will have numbered the pages of the record consecutively from start to finish as provided in Rule 25(a) of these rules.
The page limitations on arguments in briefs are based on the expectation that most arguments need not extend beyond the 50 pages authorized under subdivision (i). It should be noted that the limitation relates to the argument. The full brief may exceed the 50-page limitation.
This rule should be read in connection with Rule 40(f), which provides that the cost of reproducing briefs cannot be taxable at rates higher than those generally charged for photocopying. The parties may have their briefs commercially printed only at their own expense.
Advisory Commission Comment [1994].
In addition to this rule, internal rules of the intermediate appellate courts state that no trial error will be considered on appeal if briefs do not cite pages of the trial record where the alleged error occurred. The advocate is directed to Rule 6 of the Court of Appeals and Rule 10 of the Court of Criminal Appeals.
Advisory Commission Comment [2010].
Rule 27(a) is amended to require that the appellant's brief include, for each issue presented, a statement of the applicable standard of review. Rule 27(b) is amended to add a cross-reference to amended Rule 27(a)(7)(B).
Advisory Commission Comment [2022]
Rule 27(i) has been revised to reflect the length of briefs and other referenced papers is now determined by word limitations as opposed to page limitations in accordance with revisions to Rule 30(e).