Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal met the requirements of reasoned pleading under the Federal Supreme Court Act.
Extracted holding
The submissions did not contain legally sufficient reasons attacking the decisive parts of the cantonal judgment, so the appeal could not be examined on the merits.
Extracted reasoning
An appeal must explain which rights were violated, and constitutional rights are reviewed only if expressly raised and substantiated. The appellant’s filings failed to address the decisive reasoning of the lower court.