City of Lawrence v. McCormick

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Larson, J.:

In this appeal we decide if the time allowed to appeal from a municipal court to a district court excludes those days that are “observed holidays” by administrative order or whether the days to be excluded in the time computation are only those days designated “legal holidays” as statutorily defined.

The facts are not in dispute.

On Friday, November 9, 2001, Dale E. McCormick was found guilty and was sentenced in five separate cases in the Lawrence Municipal Court. He filed notices of appeal on November 27, 2001.

The district court dismissed…