Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the federal complaint was admissible, including the challenge to the lower departmental decision.
Decisione estratta
The complaint was admissible, and the lower departmental decision could also be challenged because the cantonal government had used a narrower review and had refused to examine the good-faith argument.
Motivazione estratta
The government treated the good-faith objection as a merits issue outside the scope of the cantonal legal-remedy procedure, thereby limiting its own review more narrowly than the Federal Supreme Court's power.