Key legal question
Whether the civil appeal was filed within the statutory deadline
Extracted holding
No. The decree was notified on 2012-07-26 and, accounting for the judicial recess, the last day was 2012-09-14; delivery to the Swiss post occurred only on 2012-09-20.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 100(1), 46(1)(b), and 48(1) LTF, filing requires timely delivery to the Federal Supreme Court or to the Swiss post. Delivery to the Italian post on the last day did not suffice.