Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the Federal Court could hear the appeal against the cantonal decision refusing file inspection in a closed criminal case.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal could not be heard because the challenged decision was a non-judicial cantonal administrative act and the required cantonal last instance was missing.
Extrahierte Begründung
Once the criminal proceedings were finally closed, the parties' procedural rights, including file-inspection rights, lapsed. The Oberstaatsanwaltschaft is not a judicial authority, and for such post-closure file-access requests the Zurich Verwaltungsgericht is the competent last cantonal instance.