Belfance v. Black River Petroleum, Inc. (In Re Hess)

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the “court of appeals has concluded that it is no excuse that a lawyer’s practice interferes with compliance with limitations and deadlines”
• delay of mail, unavailability of clients and “other issues associated with trying to run a practice of law” do not excuse missed appeal deadline
• no excuse that a lawyer’s practice interferes with compliance with limitations and deadlines
• “Although unpublished decisions of the Sixth Circuit are not binding precedent, they can be cited if persuasive, especially where there are no published decisions which will serve as well.”
• lawyer’s practice interfering with compliance with deadline is not “excusable neglect”
• court may rely on unpublished Sixth Circuit decisions if persuasive

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).