Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the Federal Supreme Court could hear the complaint despite the lower court being a district court rather than an upper cantonal court.
Decisione estratta
The complaint was admissible because the lower-court decision was issued in 2008, before the expiry of the BGG transitional deadline; the court therefore did not need an upper cantonal court as immediate instance.
Motivazione estratta
Under Art. 132 Abs. 1 BGG the relevant date is when the challenged decision was issued, not when the federal complaint was filed.