Question juridique clé
Whether the Geneva courts arbitrarily applied Art. 176 al. 2 LPC/GE by charging all first-instance costs to the applicant despite partial acquiescence by the respondents.
Solution extraite
No. The cantonal courts could treat the applicant's premature and chicanous filing as having unnecessarily caused the proceedings and charge him all costs.
Motifs extraits
The request was filed only about 20 days after the warning, during the vacation period, in an old matter without urgency. The applicant also admitted part of his request was unfounded. This made the full cost burden on him defensible and not arbitrary in result.