Key legal question
Whether the administrative court could rely on facts arising after the first-instance administrative decision.
Extracted holding
Yes. In administrative appeal proceedings, the authority may assess the matter on the basis of the facts as they stand when it decides, absent a special federal rule to the contrary.
Extracted reasoning
The cantonal appeal body correctly applied the inquisitorial principle and could consider later developments; no material federal law required freezing the facts at the date of the first decision.