Key legal question
Whether the appeal could be entered into despite late payment of the advance on costs.
Extracted holding
No. The appellants paid the ordered advance on costs too late, so the appeal had to be left unexamined.
Extracted reasoning
After a final deadline under Art. 62(3) BGG, the appellants paid the CHF 3,000 advance only on 10 August 2011, well after the non-extendable deadline of 14 July 2011. Under the warning given, non-entry followed under Art. 108(1)(a) BGG.