Key legal question
Whether a further public hearing before the Federal Supreme Court was required under Article 6 ECHR.
Extracted holding
No. The appellants had already been heard in a public oral hearing before the previous tribunal, which carried out a full review of law and facts.
Extracted reasoning
The first appellate body had held a public hearing; this satisfied the hearing guarantee. The Federal Supreme Court was not required to repeat it, especially since it is generally bound by the facts found below.