Legal Opinion
Howard James Moore v. South Carolina Labor Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 19, 1996No. 95-7157PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
2Per curiam
This case raises the question whether the “unique circumstances” doctrine may be invoked to excuse a party’s failure to file a timely, notice of appeal, where the party missed the applicable deadline by relying on erroneous information received from clerk’s office staff. Because we conclude that the unique circumstances exception applies only where a party who could have filed a timely notice of appeal is lulled into missing the deadline by a formal court order or ruling, containing specific assurances that • action which extends or postpones the deadline has…
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