Question juridique clé
Whether the federal court could hear an appeal against dispositive point 3 of the cantonal judgment as a civil merits decision on damages.
Solution extraite
No. The challenged dispositive point did not contain a substantive decision on the damages claim, so no appealable main judgment on the civil claim existed.
Motifs extraits
The cantonal court clarified that, after an acquittal, the criminal court could no longer decide damages, which did not prejudice a separate civil action. Therefore the challenged dispositive point was not a civil main judgment within the meaning of the federal remedies invoked.