Question juridique clé
Whether the subsidiary constitutional complaint was admissible against the cantonal departmental decision in the residence-permit case.
Solution extraite
The complaint could not be heard because the proper route depended on whether a statutory entitlement to the permit existed, a question that had to be examined first by the cantonal administrative court through the ordinary public-law appeal.
Motifs extraits
If no permit entitlement existed, the appellant lacked standing to invoke the constitutional complaint on the merits. If an entitlement existed, the ordinary public-law appeal would be available and had to be used first. In either event, the Federal Supreme Court could not proceed directly on the subsidiary constitutional complaint.