Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the Geneva court arbitrarily fixed the compensation owed by the appellant to the private parties at CHF 25,000 plus interest.
Decisione estratta
No arbitrariness was shown: the cantonal court could rely on the overall case complexity, the shared legal work, and an equitable reduction, and the named addressee of the invoices was not decisive.
Motivazione estratta
The Federal Court held that third-party payment of lawyers' fees does not preclude a party compensation award; the cantonal court's equal allocation among the six complainants and further equitable reduction was not untenable. The appellant's arguments were largely appellatory and failed to demonstrate a constitutional violation.