Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the federal appeal was admissible without a cantonal upper court decision in a case about individual special burden equalization payments.
Decisione estratta
The appeal was inadmissible because the challenged cantonal acts were not issued by a cantonal upper court, and the exception for decisions of predominantly political character did not apply.
Motivazione estratta
Fiscal equalization payments are determined by concrete statutory and technical criteria, leaving no free political discretion; therefore Art. 86(3) BGG could not bypass the requirement of an upper cantonal court.