Key legal question
Whether X. AG, as a legal person, is entitled to free legal aid under cantonal practice and Art. 4 BV.
Extracted holding
A corporation has no entitlement to free legal aid; the cantonal practice excluding legal persons stands up to arbitrariness review, and the appeal has no prospect of success.
Extracted reasoning
The court relied on established practice in Lucerne and comparable cantons, earlier federal case law, and doctrinal authority stating that legal persons cannot in principle invoke Art. 4 BV to claim free legal aid. It also noted that the draft civil procedure code would limit such aid to natural persons.