Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the statements in the 10 July 2008 letter were defamatory.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The letter objectively imputed a serious breach of official duty, namely possible acceptance of an advantage in connection with withdrawing an appeal, and was therefore defamatory.
Extrahierte Begründung
An objective reader would understand the text as casting suspicion on corrupt conduct; the interrogative form does not remove the defamatory meaning.