Peter Lattman at WSJ Law Blog has this post on the motion of Daniel Petrocelli, counsel for fallen Enron honcho Jeff Skilling, to file a brief over four times the normal size limit. The brief came in at 58,922 words, or 239 pages. Judge Higginbotham of CA5 granted the motion.

Meanwhile, back at Mt. Olympus, counsel for petitioner in Medellin v. Texas, No. 06-984, asked to file an oversize reply brief. The reason, you see, was that the respondent was supported by six amicus briefs. Did the State need to point out that there were nine amici on the top side, and they still stayed within the page limit for the answer brief? Nah. This motion went to Justice Scalia. Denied.