Key legal question
Whether a fax-filed appeal to the Federal Supreme Court is admissible.
Extracted holding
No. Appeals must be filed in the legally prescribed form; fax submissions are inadmissible.
Extracted reasoning
The Court held that appeals may only be lodged by hand delivery, Swiss Post, or electronically with a recognized electronic signature. The appellant was warned and given the chance to submit a valid appeal within the deadline, but did not do so.