Gillespie v. City of Destin

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the five-day extension under Rule 9.420(e) does not apply when a court order provides that a document is due within ten days of the date of the order
• explaining that the “[d]ismissal of an appeal for the untimely filing of a brief serves only to penalize the client for the shortcomings of counsel, which can better be addressed by the use of other sanctions such as fines, costs, reprimand, and contempt”
• quashing order dismissing appeal, inter alia pointing out that rule 9.410 requires the giving of ten days notice before imposing sanctions for the violation of the rules
• quashing order dismissing appeal, inter alia pointing out that rule 9.410 requires the giving of ten days notice before imposing sanctions for the violation of the rules
• no five-day extension because time for filing of brief depended on a court order rather than the “service of a preced ing document”

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