Key legal question
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible without prior exhaustion of cantonal remedies and within time.
Extracted holding
The appeal satisfied exhaustion and timeliness requirements because Vaud provided no direct abstract review before 1 January 2005 and the filing was timely.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that art. 86 OJ applies, but cantonal remedies were unavailable before the constitutional review system entered into force; the filing date also fell within the relevant period.