Key legal question
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible despite pending cantonal proceedings against the prison service decision.
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because the contested matter had not yet been finally decided by the competent cantonal authorities.
Extracted reasoning
The appellant's challenge to the prison service decision was still pending before the cantonal administrative court; therefore the cantonal remedies were not exhausted, and art. 86(1) OJ barred federal public-law review. The same applied to administrative-law appeal jurisdiction under art. 98 let. g OJ.