Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the Federal Supreme Court had jurisdiction over the canton-state liability claim.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The court had jurisdiction under the former Art. 42 OG because the dispute was a civil claim between a canton and a private person and the amount in dispute exceeded the statutory threshold.
Extrahierte Begründung
State-liability claims based on EMRK and cantonal liability law are civil in nature for purposes of Art. 42 OG; the timing made the former provision applicable.