Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the lower court wrongly refused to examine the objection that the discontinuance order could not be served on the complainants due to res judicata.
Decisione estratta
The objection was properly rejected; the appellant showed no violation of federal law, and the criticism of the cantonal procedural rule was inadmissible as unsubstantiated arbitrariness.
Motivazione estratta
The binding effect of judgments is a matter of federal law only when the underlying claim is based on federal law. Here the issue concerned cantonal criminal procedure law, so no federal-law violation was shown.