Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the Federal Supreme Court had jurisdiction by appeal rather than by original action in a Canton-vs-Federation reimbursement dispute.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal route was available because the Subventionsgesetz, together with Art. 14 BSDA, authorizes the Federal Office for Justice to issue a first-instance decision.
Extrahierte Begründung
A special federal law empowered an authority to decide by formal decision, making Art. 120 BGG subsidiary and excluding an original action.