Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the dispute over the cantonal government's letter and the resulting personality-protection claim belongs to public law or civil law
Decisione estratta
The dispute is public-law in nature; the cantonal court should not have sent the professor to the civil courts for the part concerning the letter and the alleged personality injury.
Motivazione estratta
The letter was an act of public authority, not a private-law act. Its content had significance beyond the contractual relationship and was communicated to third parties. A public authority cannot avoid jurisdiction by treating a public-law personality claim as a civil-law matter merely because a contractual relationship is implicated as a preliminary issue.