Question juridique clé
Whether the civil appeal to the Federal Supreme Court was filed within the statutory time limit.
Solution extraite
No. The 30-day deadline expired on 2013-01-28, while the appeal was handed to the Swiss Post on 2013-01-29.
Motifs extraits
The challenged decision was notified on 2012-12-28; the deadline ran from 2012-12-29. Because 2013-01-27 was a Sunday, the last day was postponed to Monday 2013-01-28. In matters under Art. 98 LTF, the suspension of deadlines from 18 December to 2 January does not apply.