Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the Federal Court had jurisdiction over a complaint based on alleged breach of the cattle-defect concordat when the concordat applied only as cantonal law.
Decisione estratta
No. A concordat complaint is cognizable only if it concerns an inter-cantonal relationship and the concordat provisions are applied as treaty norms, not merely as part of cantonal law.
Motivazione estratta
The Court reiterated its prior case law that federal review of concordat violations exists only where the dispute is inter-cantonal and the concordat itself is applied as an inter-cantonal agreement. Where the concordat rules function only as part of cantonal law, federal jurisdiction is not established.