Question juridique clé
Whether the refusal to grant relief from the default judgment was arbitrary under cantonal procedural law.
Solution extraite
The refusal was arbitrary because the cantonal court relied on irrelevant considerations and, under its own restrictive case law, a negligent scheduling error would not by itself justify denying relief.
Motifs extraits
The court held that the late request for relief could not prove intentional absence, since the hearing date had already passed; the prior refusal to explain oneself to police also did not exclude a later genuine mistake about the hearing date.