Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Tribunal administratif violated the right to be heard by failing to address the appellant's necessity/justification arguments against the fines.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The cantonal court had to examine the asserted justification grounds, at least briefly, because they were not manifestly irrelevant.
Fundamentação extraída
Administrative fines under cantonal law are penal in nature; as the only judicial authority with full review, the cantonal court had to address claimed justifications such as necessity or other lawful excuses. Its silence on these points breached Art. 29(2) Cst.