Questão jurídica principal
Whether the Council of State's revocation of the bank director's appointment was an act of public law subject to constitutional guarantees.
Decisão extraída
The appointment and revocation were exercises of public authority under cantonal law, so constitutional guarantees applied.
Fundamentação extraída
Article 16 LBCV gave the Council of State full power to appoint the management board; by the parallelism of forms, it also had power to revoke. The relationship therefore fell under public law, notwithstanding the work contract and its reference to the CO.