Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the cantonal authority arbitrarily limited compensation for defense costs in the appeal proceedings to CHF 12,000.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The compensation award was not manifestly untenable and therefore did not violate federal law or arbitrariness standards.
Extrahierte Begründung
The Federal Supreme Court held that review of the earlier investigation-stage compensation was barred by the binding effect of its prior remittal. As to the remaining appeal-stage costs, the reduction of the claimed amount by about CHF 1,500 was not plainly arbitrary, especially given duplicative and out-of-scope submissions.