TCT.5.3.010 Form, Captioning, Signing, and Verifying Documents

(a) Scope. All documents filed and served under this subsection shall adhere to rules in this Subsection or shall be rejected by the Clerk.

(b) Page Limit. Unless otherwise specified by this Subchapter or preapproved by the Tribal Court, no document filed with the Tribal Court may exceed twenty (20) pages, double-spaced, exclusive of attachments and exhibits. Quotations and footnotes may be single spaced.

(c) Form. All documents shall be filed on 8½ by 11-inch paper, in English. At least one-inch margins shall be used. Font shall not be smaller than 12-point typeface, but footnotes may be 10-point typeface. Exhibits may be filed in their original format.

(d) Captions. The first page of every filing shall contain a caption containing: the name of the court; the names of the Parties; the title of the document; any case number; and the name, business address, telephone number, and email address of the Parties or the Parties' counsel.

(e) Citations. All documents filed with the Tribal Court that contain legal arguments and issues of law shall cite to controlling or persuasive authority using the citation format accepted by the federal courts in Wisconsin and/or by the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Court.

(f) Signature. All filings shall be signed by the Person filing the document. The signature of a Person filing a document constitutes a certification by the signer that the signer has read the document and to the best of the signer's knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry, the document is well grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good-faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law; and the document is not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needlessly increase in the cost of litigation. Electronic signatures are permitted, to be indicated by "/s/" before the signer's name.

(g) Electronic documents. Unless granted leave by the Tribal Court, all documents shall be filed and served electronically in a manner prescribed by the Tribal Court or via email.