Question juridique clé
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible despite late payment of the advance for presumed court costs.
Solution extraite
No. The advance was paid too late because the payment order reached the postal service after the deadline fixed by the court president.
Motifs extraits
To preserve the deadline, the paying bank had to ensure that the payment order reached Swiss Post by the last day of the time limit and indicate that date as the due date. Since the order was transmitted only after the deadline, the appeal could not be examined on the merits.