Questão jurídica principal
Whether the ECA had quality to file a public-law appeal
Decisão extraída
Yes. As a public-law insurer forced to pay disputed benefits, the ECA was affected like a private enterprise and had a protected interest in challenging the order.
Fundamentação extraída
The Court distinguished ordinary public interests from a public body’s own protected patrimonial interests; the ECA was directly burdened by payment of allegedly undue benefits.