Key legal question
Whether the civil complaint was admissible as an appealable final judgment despite concerning a preliminary liability issue
Extracted holding
Because the lower court rejected liability and dismissed the action, the proceedings were concluded; the decision was therefore a final judgment, though the request for a mere declaration of arbitrariness could not itself be part of the dispositif.
Extracted reasoning
A ruling on liability alone is interlocutory only if the action continues on damages; here the dismissal ended the case.