Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court violated the AI office's right to be heard by deciding on the basis of a written witness statement without giving it the chance to comment.
Extracted holding
Yes. The office had to be allowed to comment on the new testimony before judgment was rendered.
Extracted reasoning
The judgment was based on a decisive statement submitted shortly before the decision. As the violation concerned a formal constitutional guarantee, it could not be cured on federal appeal because review on the merits was limited.