Question juridique clé
Whether the civil-law appeal was admissible against a cantonal decision not rendered by a superior court.
Solution extraite
No; as of 1 January 2011, an appeal to the Federal Supreme Court requires a cantonal decision by a superior court, which was lacking here.
Motifs extraits
The challenged decision was issued by the president of a district court acting as lower supervisory authority under the Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act, not by a superior court; the appeal was therefore manifestly inadmissible under the simplified procedure.