Key legal question
Whether the constitutional complaint was admissible in addition to the administrative law appeal
Extracted holding
The constitutional complaint was inadmissible insofar as it challenged federal-law and constitutional issues already covered by the administrative law appeal; only individual rights under the St. Gallen Constitution could still be raised.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Act on the Free Movement of Lawyers provides an exhaustive disciplinary regime, and administrative law appeal allows review of federal law, including the Constitution. The constitutional complaint therefore had no separate room except for cantonal constitutional guarantees.