Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Stark v. Atwood Group

468 U.S. 1222

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1984-08-02
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • counsel relied on clerk to give notice; unique circumstances do not excuse untimeliness when they are unrelated to counsel’s failure to file the appeal
  • “unique circumstances do not excuse untimeliness when they are unrelated to counsel’s failure to file the appeal”
  • “We have consistently held that the simple failure of the clerk to mail notice of the entry of judgment, without more, does not permit relief to a party who has failed to appeal "within the prescribed time.”
  • dismissing appeal after district court granted 60(b) motion

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari dismissed under this Court’s Rule 53.