Question juridique clé
Whether the civil appeal was filed within the statutory deadline
Solution extraite
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.
Motifs extraits
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.