Key legal question
Whether the appeal was admissible directly to the Federal Supreme Court under Art. 86(2) BGG
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because the challenged decision was not issued by a cantonal upper court in all subject areas; the review board was final only for exam matters.
Extracted reasoning
A cantonal body qualifies as an upper court only if its decisions are not subject to further cantonal review in all of its jurisdictions. The University of Basel review commission is final only for examination matters, while other decisions may be appealed to the Basel-Stadt administrative court. Therefore, it is not an upper cantonal court for purposes of direct federal appeal.