All briefs shall substantially conform to the following standards, requirements, and conditions:
- (1) Each brief shall be printed in black in a clear and legible manner on one side only of white, unglazed, opaque paper of good texture, eight and one-half inches wide and eleven inches long.
- (2) The printing shall be double-spaced, except for lengthy quotations, which shall be indented and may be single spaced.
- (3) The left margin shall be one and one-half inches and all other margins shall not be less than one inch. The printing shall not be right-justified.
- (4) Each page of the brief, except the front index, shall be consecutively numbered in Arabic figures centered at the bottom of each page.
- (5) The cover of each brief shall state the title of the action, indicating which party is appellant and which is appellee; the name of the court from which the appeal is taken; the name of the judge who tried the action; whether the brief is for the appellant or appellee; the names and addresses of the attorneys for the appellant and appellee; and the date the notice of appeal was filed.
- (6) Each brief shall be securely bound on the left margin by substantial staples and binding tape or other approved binding.
Source: Supreme Court Rule 79-1, Rule 12 (9)(b); SDCL Supp, § 15-26A-51 ; SL 1995, ch 311 (Supreme Court Rule 95-4); SL 1999, ch 280 .