Key legal question
Whether the state-law complaint against the cantonal decision was timely despite being directed against both the appellate decision and the first-instance rulings.
Extracted holding
The complaint was timely as to the cantonal appellate decision; the first-instance rulings did not need to be challenged separately before the federal complaint could be filed.
Extracted reasoning
The federal time limit ran against the appellate court decision, and the cantonal instance chain had to be exhausted before raising a denial-of-justice complaint.