Kernrechtsfrage
Whether, in a civil appeal with a dispute value below CHF 4,000, a reference to cantonal pleadings can replace the written appeal brief required by Art. 67(4) Org.-Ges.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. The written appeal brief is an essential formal requirement; a mere reference to prior cantonal pleadings and protocols does not satisfy it.
Extrahierte Begründung
The provision aims to let the Federal Court rapidly grasp the factual and legal dispute in low-value cases. That purpose would be undermined if the court had to reconstruct the appeal's grounds from scattered prior submissions. The brief must address the reasoning of the challenged judgment itself.