Questão jurídica principal
Whether the public-law appeal for denial of justice due to delay still had an actual interest after the cantonal judgment of 22 November 2004
Decisão extraída
The appeal had become without object and was removed from the docket.
Fundamentação extraída
The challenged delay ceased to matter once the cantonal court rendered its judgment; an actual and practical interest is required throughout the proceedings, even for formal denial-of-justice complaints.