Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the complaint against taxation in St. Gallen was still justiciable after the canton no longer insisted on the tax claim.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The complaint was moot in relation to St. Gallen because the canton stated that it would no longer pursue the 1901 taxation.
Extrahierte Begründung
Once the taxing authority withdrew from pursuing the assessment, there was no longer a live dispute to decide.