Key legal question
Whether the constitutional complaint alleging undue delay was admissible without exhausting cantonal remedies
Extracted holding
The complaint was inadmissible because the applicant had not first pursued the available cantonal delay-remedy before applying to the Federal Supreme Court.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 86 para. 1 OG, constitutional complaints are admissible only against final cantonal decisions, and the exhaustion of cantonal remedies also applies to delay complaints. Since Zurich law provides a remedy for delay complaints, direct recourse to the Federal Supreme Court was premature.