Sec. 1.49  Specifications as to pleadings and documents.

    (a) All pleadings and documents filed in any Commission proceeding 
shall be typewritten or prepared by mechanical processing methods, and 
shall be filed on A4 (21 cm.  x  29.7 cm.) or on 8\1/2\  x  11 inch 
(21.6 cm.  x  27.9 cm.) paper with the margins set so that the printed 
material does not exceed 6\1/2\  x  9\1/2\ inches (16.5 cm.  x  24.1 
cm.). The printed material may be in any typeface of at least 12-point 
(0.42333 cm. or \12/72\') in height. The body of the text must be double 
spaced with a minimum distance of \7/32\ of an inch (0.5556 cm.) between 
each line of text. Footnotes and long, indented quotations may be single

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spaced, but must be in type that is 12-point or larger in height, with 
at least \1/16\ of an inch (0.158 cm.) between each line of text. 
Counsel are cautioned against employing extended single spaced passages 
or excessive footnotes to evade prescribed pleading lengths. If single-
spaced passages or footnotes are used in this manner the pleading will, 
at the discretion of the Commission, either be rejected as unacceptable 
for filing or dismissed with leave to be refiled in proper form. 
Pleadings may be printed on both sides of the paper. Pleadings that use 
only one side of the paper shall be stapled, or otherwise bound, in the 
upper left-hand corner; those using both sides of the paper shall be 
stapled twice, or otherwise bound, along the left-hand margin so that it 
opens like a book. The foregoing shall not apply to printed briefs 
specifically requested by the Commission, official publications, charted 
or maps, original documents (or admissible copies thereof) offered as 
exhibits, specially prepared exhibits, or if otherwise specifically 
provided. All copies shall be clearly legible.
    (b) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, all 
pleadings and documents filed with the Commission, the length of which 
as computed under this chapter exceeds ten pages, shall include, as part 
of the pleading or document, a table of contents with page references.
    (c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, all 
pleadings and documents filed with the Commission, the length of which 
filings as computed under this chapter exceeds ten pages, shall include, 
as part of the pleading or document, a summary of the filing, suitably 
paragraphed, which should be a succinct, but accurate and clear 
condensation of the substance of the filing. It should not be a mere 
repetition of the headings under which the filing is arranged. For 
pleadings and documents exceeding ten but not twenty-five pages in 
length, the summary should seldom exceed one and never two pages; for 
pleadings and documents exceeding twenty-five pages in length, the 
summary should seldom exceed two and never five pages.
    (d) The requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section shall 
not apply to:
    (1) Interrogatories or answers to interrogatories, and depositions;
    (2) FCC forms or applications;
    (3) Transcripts;
    (4) Contracts and reports;
    (5) Letters; or
    (6) Hearing exhibits, and exhibits or appendicies accompanying any 
document or pleading submitted to the Commission.
    (e) In addition to the provisions above, pleadings related to Part 
22 of the rules, must also be submitted on microfiche. See Sec. 22.6 for 
specifications.

    Note: The table of contents and the summary pages shall not be 
included in complying with any page limitation requirements as set forth 
by Commission rule.

[ 40 FR 19198 , May 2, 1975, as amended at  47 FR 26393 , June 18, 1982;  51 FR 16322 , May 2, 1986;  54 FR 31032 , July 26, 1989;  58 FR 44893 , Aug. 25, 
1993;  59 FR 37721 , July 25, 1994]