Key legal question
Whether the Federal Court had jurisdiction under Art. 27 OG over Müller’s civil action against Uri.
Extracted holding
No. If the Uri savings bank is treated as a separate legal person, the dispute is not one between a private person and a canton within Art. 27 OG.
Extracted reasoning
The savings bank had long existed autonomously, handled its affairs in its own name, had its own revenues and reserve fund, and the disputed loans and enforcement measures were undertaken in the bank’s name. State supervision did not remove its separate legal personality.