The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard some high-profile arguments this year, touching on the "kids-for-cash" scandal, breast-cancer awareness bracelets and municipal-level immigration laws.

Also, at the start of the year, the court put a 14,000-word limit on briefs in order to stem the flow of lengthy court papers pouring into judges’ chambers. That limit matches other circuits and a federally mandated limit, according to the Third Circuit’s chief judge, Theodore McKee.

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