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Variables petitioner and respondent provide detailed information about all parties, except the identity of the state if a state (or one of its subdivisions) is a party, petitioner and respondent variables note only whether a state is a party, not the state's name.
Once the appellate brief is filed, the respondent has a limited amount of time to file a response, in which the respondent argues on behalf of his side of the case and refutes any arguments the petitioner made in her brief. In some courts, the petitioner is allowed to file a short reply after the response is filed.