Norris & Hirshberg, Inc. v. Securities & Exchange Commission

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The documentation and literature of this case is of truly gargantuan proportions. The record proper 1 comprises some thirteen large volumes; there is also on file here what the Commission calls a Supplemental Record consisting of 849 pages; the abridgement contained in the printed joint appendix is of three large volumes— as much as a small library. Petitioner, Norris & Hirshberg, Inc., filed a printed 64-page main brief, a printed 67-page reply brief, and a printed 16-page supplemental brief. Respondent, Securities and Exchange Commission, countered with a main brief of…