Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 2014-2015, 2014a

on Thursday, December 6.
Changes Made After Publication and Comment. No changes were made after publication
and comment, except for the style changes (described below) [omitted] which were suggested by
Professor Kimble.
Rule 26.1. Corporate Disclosure Statement
(a) Who Must File. Any nongovernmental corporate party to a proceeding in a court of
appeals must file a statement that identifies any parent corporation and any publicly held
corporation that owns 10% or more of its stock or states that there is no such corporation.
(b) Time for Filing; Supplemental Filing. A party must file the Rule 26.1(a) statement with
the principal brief or upon filing a motion, response, petition, or answer in the court of appeals,
whichever occurs first, unless a local rule requires earlier filing. Even if the statement has already
been filed, the party's principal brief must include the statement before the table of contents. A
party must supplement its statement whenever the information that must be disclosed under Rule
26.1(a) changes.
(c) Number of Copies. If the Rule 26.1(a) statement is filed before the principal brief, or if
a supplemental statement is filed, the party must file an original and 3 copies unless the court
requires a different number by local rule or by order in a particular case.
(As added Apr. 25, 1989, eff. Dec. 1, 1989; amended Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Dec. 1, 1991; Apr.
29, 1994, eff. Dec. 1, 1994; Apr. 24, 1998, eff. Dec. 1, 1998; Apr. 29, 2002, eff. Dec. 1, 2002.)
Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules—1989
The purpose of this rule is to assist judges in making a determination of whether they have
any interests in any of a party's related corporate entities that would disqualify the judges from
hearing the appeal. The committee believes that this rule represents minimum disclosure
requirements. If a Court of Appeals wishes to require additional information, a court is free to do
so by local rule. However, the committee requests the courts to consider the desirability of
uniformity and the burden that varying circuit rules creates on attorneys who practice in many
circuits.
Notes of Advisory Committee on Rules—1994 Amendment
The amendment requires a party to file three copies of the disclosure statement whenever
the statement is filed before the party's principal brief. Because the statement is included in each
copy of the party's brief, there is no need to require the filing of additional copies at that time. A
court of appeals may require the filing of a different number of copies by local rule or by order in a
particular case.
Committee Notes on Rules—1998 Amendment
The language and organization of the rule are amended to make the rule more easily
understood. In addition to changes made to improve the understanding, the Advisory Committee
has changed language to make style and terminology consistent throughout the appellate rules.
These changes are intended to be stylistic only; a substantive change is made, however, in