Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Federal Supreme Court had jurisdiction and the action was admissible under Fribourg state-liability law
Decisão extraída
Jurisdiction existed only for claims based on acts of members of the College Electoral; the filing met the formal requirements sufficiently and was timely.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 17 al. 2 LResp./FR conferred direct federal jurisdiction only within its scope. Despite drafting defects, the statement of claim contained enough facts and evidence offers to proceed.