Key legal question
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible against the cantonal authorities' refusal of a residence permit
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible insofar as it targeted the population service's decision, but admissible in relation to the Art. 7 LSEE argument against the cantonal administrative court's judgment.
Extracted reasoning
Only final cantonal decisions may be challenged; however, because the applicant was still formally married when the five-year period under Art. 7 LSEE elapsed and when the permit was refused, he could invoke that provision for admissibility purposes.