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kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 9.23"
title: "17"
number: "9.23"
heading: "Answering brief."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/9.23"
---

# §9.23. Answering brief.

- (a) **Time for filing answering brief.** Within thirty days after service of the appeal brief, the exchange must file with the Commission an answering brief.
- (b) **Contents of answering brief.** The answering brief generally must follow the same style as prescribed for the appeal brief but may omit a statement of the issues or of the case if the exchange does not dispute the issues or the statement of the case contained in the appeal brief.
- (c) **Length of answering brief.** Without prior leave of the Commission, the answering brief may not exceed thirty-five pages, exclusive of any table of contents, table of cases, index and appendix containing transcripts of testimony, exhibits, statutes, rules, regulations or similar materials.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 6b-1, 6c, 7, 7a-2, 7b-3, 8, 9, 9a, 12, 12a, 12c, 13b, 16a, 18, 19, and 21.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 25366, July 7, 1987, unless otherwise noted.