Questão jurídica principal
Whether the public-law appeal was admissible despite being filed in French against an Italian-language cantonal decision
Decisão extraída
The appeal was admissible only insofar as it met the formal requirements; the untranslated filing did not prevent the cantonal authority from declaring the original appeal inadmissible.
Fundamentação extraída
Under the territoriality principle and cantonal procedural rules, parties must use the official language of the canton in dealings with cantonal authorities. The appellant was given an adequate deadline to translate the appeal into Italian but did not comply in time.