Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal authority had standing to appeal the cost order to the Federal Supreme Court.
Decisão extraída
The authority lacked standing; it was not entitled to challenge the cantonal decision in the merits and did not show an own protectable interest in the costs ruling.
Fundamentação extraída
A cantonal authority may invoke general standing only if it is specially affected in its own sovereign interests; a mere financial interest or the general interest in correct law application is insufficient. Here the authority was not authorized to appeal in the substance, and no special basis for appealing only the costs order was shown.