Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the cantonal government’s refusal to examine the appeal on the merits was inadmissible for lack of a decision under public law or denial of justice.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The government could treat the matter as a private-law contractual dispute and declare the cantonal appeal inadmissible with brief reasons.
Extrahierte Begründung
The retrocession stemmed from a gratuitous land-transfer agreement, not from expropriation; the dispute therefore concerned contractual rights and was for the civil courts, not the administrative authorities.