Key legal question
Whether the defendant’s conduct amounted to coercion under Art. 181 StGB
Extracted holding
No. In the circumstances as perceived by the defendant, the short blockade was not unlawful; he acted within a permissible means-end relationship while trying to protect his rights and to seek official and legal help.
Extracted reasoning
The court accepted that he called the police, complied with orders, contacted his lawyer and the local authority, and then moved his car. That behavior was inconsistent with a plainly unlawful coercive intent. The blockade was only temporary and proportionate to the feared works.