Kernrechtsfrage
Whether a single judge could declare the appeal moot and terminate proceedings
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. Once the appeal had become moot, the single judge could terminate the case under cantonal procedural law; this did not violate the right to a lawful judge or an effective remedy.
Extrahierte Begründung
The federal court held that the cantonal rules allowed single-judge decisions in clearly non-enterable or moot cases, and that an effective remedy under Article 13 ECHR is not excluded merely because one judge decides.