Waukesha County Circuit Court Page & Word Limits

CRITICALCivil cases

Limit

15 pages

Applies to

Facsimile document

A fax filing may not exceed 15 pages, excluding its cover sheet, unless the Court or court commissioner approves an exception; pages above the limit incur a $3-per-page cost.

The document does not exceed 15 pages in length excluding cover sheet. A cost of $3.00 per page above the limit will be assessed unless an exception has been approved by the Court or court commissioner on a case-by-case basis.

CRITICAL

Limit

25 pages

Limit

10 pages

Applies to

Brief

Absent Court approval, movant and responding briefs are limited to 25 pages each and reply briefs to 10 pages, excluding the listed items; the Court may disregard overlength briefs or briefs using nonstandard typeface or margins to evade the limits.

(2) Absent Court approval, a movant’s brief must not exceed 25 pages, a responding brief must not exceed 25 pages, and a reply brief must not exceed 10 pages (excluding any caption, cover page, table of contents, table of authorities, and signature block). The Court may disregard any briefs exceeding the permitted length, or ones that contain non-standard typeface or margins to avoid compliance with this rule.

CRITICAL

Limit

15 pages

Applies to

Facsimile document

Facsimile documents may not exceed 15 pages excluding the cover sheet; pages above the limit incur a $3.00-per-page cost unless the Court or court commissioner approves an exception, which the party or attorney must certify.

(c) The document does not exceed 15 pages in length excluding cover sheet. A cost of $3.00 per page above the limit will be assessed unless an exception has been approved by the Court or court commissioner on a case-by-case basis. The party or attorney must certify that the assigned judge or court commissioner has approved the exception to the 15-page limit;

CRITICALCivil cases

Limit

15 pages

Applies to

Facsimile document

Facsimile documents may not exceed 15 pages, excluding the cover sheet; excess pages incur a $3.00-per-page cost unless an approved exception is certified.

(c)       The document does not exceed 15 pages in length excluding cover sheet. A cost of $3.00 per page above the limit will be assessed unless an exception has been approved by the assigned judge or court commissioner on a case-by-case basis. The party or attorney must certify that the assigned judge or court commissioner has approved the exception to the 15-page limit;

CRITICALCivil cases

Limit

25 pages

Limit

10 pages

Applies to

Brief

Absent Court approval, movant and responding briefs are limited to 25 pages each and reply briefs to 10 pages, with specified exclusions; the limit does not apply to summary-judgment briefs governed by Rule 3.3(9).

Absent Court approval, a movant’s brief must not exceed 25 pages, a responding brief must not exceed 25 pages, and a reply brief must not exceed 10 pages (excluding any caption, cover page, table of contents, table of authorities, and signature block). This rule does not apply to summary judgment briefs addressed in Civ. L. R. 3.3(9).

CRITICAL

Limit

15 pages

Applies to

Facsimile document

Facsimiles may not exceed 15 pages per document, excluding the cover sheet, unless the Juvenile Court Judge or Clerk authorizes more pages.

Based on Supreme Court Order, facsimiles exceeding fifteen (15) pages per document, excluding the cover sheet, will not be accepted for filing unless the Juvenile Court Judge or Clerk of Juvenile Court authorizes more pages.

CRITICALCivil cases

Limit

30 pages

Limit

15 pages

Applies to

Brief

Summary-judgment principal memoranda are limited to 30 pages and replies to 15 pages, with specified exclusions; the Court may allow more pages on a pre-filing motion showing cause.

A principal memorandum in support of, or in opposition to, summary judgment must not exceed 30 pages and a reply memorandum must not exceed 15 pages (excluding any caption, cover page, table of contents, table of authorities, and signature block). The Court may, in its discretion, allow parties to exceed the page limitations if a party for cause shown files a motion for leave to file an oversized memorandum prior to filing the party’s memorandum.

WARNING

Limit

15 pages

Applies to

Facsimile document

A fax filing may not exceed 15 pages, excluding the cover sheet, unless an exception is approved; pages above the limit otherwise incur a per-page cost.

The document does not exceed fifteen (15) pages in length excluding cover sheet. A cost of $3.00 per page above the limit will be assessed unless an exception has been approved by the Judge or Court Commissioner on a case-by-case basis.