Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appeal was admissible insofar as it sought only remittal of the rejected counterclaim
Decisão extraída
The counterclaim part of the appeal was inadmissible because the appellant failed to submit a proper merits request and no exception justified a pure remittal request.
Fundamentação extraída
A civil appeal is generally a reformative remedy and requires a substantive request; a remittal request suffices only if the Federal Supreme Court could not decide itself on the existing record.