Key legal question
Whether the federal appeal sufficiently substantiated a claim for compensation after the defamation proceedings were dismissed
Extracted holding
No. The filing did not show any concrete, quantifiable damage or serious non-pecuniary harm caused by the criminal proceedings.
Extracted reasoning
The appeal failed to meet the reasoning requirements of Art. 42(2) BGG because it did not explain what loss had been suffered. The Federal Supreme Court also noted that it was not competent to punish the respondent; that matter had to be pursued before cantonal authorities.