Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the Federal Supreme Court had jurisdiction over the appeal against the cantonal concession decision.
Decisione estratta
The appeal was inadmissible because the challenged decision was not a final decision of a cantonal upper judicial authority; the proper forum was the Cantonal Administrative Court.
Motivazione estratta
Although hydropower concessions have a political component, they also regulate justiciable rights and duties, especially residual-flow issues. Therefore the Landrat could not be treated as a direct cantonal instance under the exception for decisions with predominantly political character.