Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal was admissible against the cantonal recusal decision under Art. 75 BGG and transitional ZPO rules.
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because the cantonal court had decided as first and only instance, and no statutory exception to the double-instance requirement applied.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 405 Abs. 1 ZPO governs appeals against interim decisions as well; the transitional rule of Art. 404 Abs. 1 ZPO does not create an exception. The cantonal court therefore was not acting as an appellate instance, and the appellant could not rely on an exception under Art. 75 Abs. 2 lit. a BGG.