Key legal question
Whether the complaint against the cantonal judgment was admissible and whether the refusal to examine the tax merits was correct
Extracted holding
The appeal was admissible as a public law matter, but only the non-entry decision and the legal-aid ruling could be reviewed; the merits of the tax assessment were not before the Federal Court.
Extracted reasoning
There was no final cantonal merits decision on the tax liability. Review was therefore confined to whether the cantonal court unlawfully upheld the non-entry decision and denied legal aid.