Key legal question
Whether Rüegg retained standing to file the complaint despite having entered bankruptcy before filing.
Extracted holding
Yes. Although bankruptcy normally deprives the debtor of control over assets, the complaint concerned a public-law dispute, so cantonal restrictions on bankrupt debtors did not govern.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Court distinguished ordinary private-asset disposition from a staatsrechtliche complaint and held that cantonal rules limiting a bankrupt's pursuit of private claims are not decisive for such a federal complaint.