Joint appendix
A Joint Appendix typically refers to the submission of legal documents in support of a brief to a federal court of appeals or a Supreme Court.
When a petition for writ of certiorariis granted by the Supreme Court of the United States a Joint Appendix must be prepared.[1] See Supreme Court Rule 26.[2] The Joint Appendix, commonly called the JA, accompanies the Petitioner's Merits Brief.[3]
The Joint Appendix allows the Supreme Court ease of access to relevant portions of the record below. Similar to a merits brief, the Supreme Court requires a booklet-formatted and printed Joint Appendix.[4] The JA contains: 1) a table of contents; 2)relevant docket entries in the courts below; and 3) relevant pleadings, jury instruction, findings, conclusions, opinions or the judgment under review. Rule 26.1.