Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the canton had standing to appeal the cantonal judgment under Art. 89 BGG
Extrahierter Entscheid
The canton was not sufficiently affected in a protected interest; the matter concerned only financial consequences of its sovereign activity.
Extrahierte Begründung
General standing under Art. 89(1) BGG is interpreted restrictively for public bodies. A mere fiscal interest or the wish to correct the law is insufficient. The repayment of legal-aid advances, ordered in a separate procedure, does not create the kind of special or comparable private-law-like affectedness required.