Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the faxed appeal to the Federal Supreme Court was admissible.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No. Appeals must be filed by hand delivery to the court or postal submission, or electronically with a recognized electronic signature; a fax filing is invalid.
Extrahierte Begründung
The appeal was submitted only by fax, and despite a prior letter from the President, no handwritten signed copy was later sent by post. The appeal was therefore manifestly inadmissible under the Federal Supreme Court Act.