Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Stark v. Atwood Group
Stark v. Atwood Grp., 468 U.S. 1222 (1984)
- 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
Citator
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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari dismissed under this Court’s Rule 53.