Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Federal Court may review cantonal civil or criminal judgments for incorrect application of cantonal law through a denial-of-justice complaint.
Decisão extraída
No. The Federal Court is neither an appellate nor a cassation instance for cantonal civil or criminal law, and it cannot annul final cantonal judgments merely because they are said to be legally wrong.
Fundamentação extraída
A denial-of-justice complaint does not authorize review of conformity with cantonal substantive or procedural law. Its function is limited to cases where a cantonal authority expressly or impliedly refuses to deal with a matter within its competence, or acts in a way that amounts to true denial of justice through arbitrary disregard of clear rights.