If pictures are worth a thousand words, a brief recently filed in the high-profile U.S. Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Equal Rights Commission is many times longer than court rules allow.

The brief, filed by Baker Botts partner Evan Young, contains roughly three dozen photos of luscious wedding and other special-occasion cakes, ranging from one that looks like a silver pot brimming with crawfish waiting to be boiled, to a “Pistol Pete” cake for a couple who first met at Oklahoma State University. Amicus briefs like this one are limited to 9,000 words.

Filed on behalf of a group of “cake artists” across the country, the brief's stated aim is to illustrate “literally, through the images of their own work … that cake design and preparation is an art.”

The brief also effused that “the art behind a cake is simply sheer beauty” and appeals to all senses, lamenting that “technology does not yet permit the filing of a brief that enables touch, taste, and smell.”

Some of the cakes made by his clients have ended up in museums, Young wrote, and “thousands and thousands” of copyrights relate to cake design, according to the brief. It also cites the growing popular interest in cake creation, citing cable shows like “Cake Boss” and “Ace of Cakes.”