Supreme Court Says Brief Footnotes Not Just "Discouraged," But May Be Stricken

Supreme Court Rule 341(a) says footnotes in briefs should be used "sparingly," and Rule 344(b) says they are "discouraged." Now they can also be "stricken": In Lundy v. Farmers Group, Inc., 322 Ill.App.3d 214, 750 N.E.2d 314, 255 Ill.Dec. 733 (2d Dist. 2001), the court found that the defendant™s reply brief had 15 single-spaced footnotes which, if they had been incorporated into the body of the brief, would have busted the page limit in Rule 341(a). So, out they go.