Key legal question
Whether the public-law appeal remained admissible after the appellant’s release from the psychiatric clinic
Extracted holding
No. Because the hospitalization had ended, the appellant no longer had a current and practical interest in challenging the cantonal decision.
Extracted reasoning
Federal review under Art. 88 OJ requires a current interest at the time of judgment. The disputed measure had ceased, and the exceptional waiver of current interest did not apply because psychiatric hospitalization is not so brief that review would always escape federal scrutiny.