Question juridique clé
Whether the Canton of Ticino had standing under Art. 88 OG to file a public-law appeal against the administrative court judgment.
Solution extraite
No. The parking garages and the contractual parking arrangements were governed by public law, so the Canton acted as holder of public authority rather than as a private party.
Motifs extraits
The parking spaces belonged to the administrative estate and were allocated under a cantonal regulation delegating to the State Council the power to set assignment rules and fees. Because the dispute concerned the exercise of public powers and not private-law relations, the Canton was not specially injured in a manner comparable to a private person.