Prolix Brief Rejected by 3d Circuit

Although in a criminal, not civil appeal, I thought this was interesting. The Third Circuit instructed prosecutors to cut their brief because it was much too long, 53,000 words rather than the ordinarily allowed 14,000: http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/3rd_circuit_orders_prosecutors_to_cut_brief_by_20_percent_after_moby_dick_o/