Questão jurídica principal
Whether the federal constitutional complaint was sufficiently substantiated to be heard despite the reply not being served beforehand.
Decisão extraída
The complaint was sufficiently reasoned; it was enough to allege that the reply had not been served.
Fundamentação extraída
Under the fair-trial case law, the right to receive and comment on submissions does not depend on whether the reply contained novelties or could influence the result. Requiring the complainant to show such elements would be overly formalistic.