Latest Judgments of the Federal Supreme Court
Here you will find the most recent judgments of the Federal Supreme Court (FSC) from bger.ch. For the first three judgments, we present detailed summaries with facts, considerations, and dispositives. For the further judgments, you will find a summary of the facts in each case. The complete summaries of all judgments are available in the Lexplorer portal. There you can configure your newsletter and receive the latest judgments individually tailored to your legal fields.
7B_652/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning sentencing and rejection of further motions
Summary of the facts
The two appellants A.A. and B.A. were convicted by the criminal court of the Regional Court of the Mountains and Val-de-Ruz for repeated dealing in narcotics, several money laundering offenses, traffic violations, and other offenses to long-term prison sentences of 13 and 11 years, respectively. Both were also expelled from the country. On appeal, the sentence for A.A. was reduced to 11 years and for B.A. to 9 years, 11 months, and 15 days. The appellants filed a complaint with the Federal Supreme Court against the sentencing and the rejection of further motions in the appeal proceedings.
Summary of the considerations
The two appeals are joined for reasons of procedural economy. The Federal Supreme Court examines the admissibility of appeals ex officio. It notes that only the amount of the sentences was at issue in the proceedings and other aspects (e.g., question of guilt, expulsion) were not disputed. Complaints regarding violation of the right to be heard and the right to an effective defense are examined in detail and partly declared unfounded. The violation of the right to be heard in assessing route entries on online portals does not lead to annulment of the judgment as these aspects are not decisive for the proceedings. The Federal Supreme Court denies a violation of the principle of legality. The appellants had sufficient knowledge of the alleged acts and time periods. Complaints by the appellants regarding the evaluation of evidence, especially concerning transit routes through Switzerland, are dismissed as appellate and unfounded. The sentencing according to Art. 47 and 49 of the Criminal Code is examined. The determination of sentences was based on the seriousness of the offenses (including transport of 12.2 kg of pure cocaine) and the personal circumstances of the appellants, including previous convictions and financial situation.
Summary of the dispositive
The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the appeals and decided on court costs and the compensation of the defense counsel. There was no reason for legal aid.
6B_293/2025: Partial approval of the appeal concerning expulsion and SIS notification
Summary of the facts
A.________, a Costa Rican national, was convicted by the Regional Court Bern-Mittelland for sexual harassment and by the Higher Court of the Canton of Bern additionally for defilement. The Higher Court ordered a seven-year expulsion and the notification in the SIS. After a first judgment of the Federal Supreme Court (partial approval of the appeal), the Higher Court upheld the expulsion after a renewed balancing of interests. A.________ appealed this decision, contesting the expulsion and the SIS notification.
Summary of the considerations
E.1: The expulsion under Art. 66a para. 1 lit. h Criminal Code is mandatory but was reviewed for proportionality. The appellant is a Costa Rican national and meets the requirements for expulsion. E.2: According to Art. 66a para. 2 Criminal Code, expulsion may be waived in exceptional cases if there is a severe personal hardship and the private interest outweighs the public interest in expulsion. The Federal Supreme Court previously acknowledged a hardship; the lower court reassessed this due to changed family circumstances (separation, birth of another child). The hardship was confirmed again. E.3: In balancing interests, the significant public interest due to the severity of the offense (defilement) was affirmed. The appellant's private interest in remaining in Switzerland was assessed as less weighty, especially because of his visitation rights regarding his daughters and the easy reintegration in Costa Rica. The expulsion was therefore confirmed. E.4: The notification of the expulsion in the SIS was ordered by the lower court. However, the appellant’s right to be heard was not respected as he was not informed about this possible order. E.5: The Federal Supreme Court annulled the SIS notification order and remanded the matter to the lower court for compliance with the right to be heard.
Summary of the dispositive
The dispositive provides that the appeal is partially upheld by ordering a reassessment of the SIS notification, while the rest of the appeal is dismissed. Additionally, claims for legal aid and cost payments were regulated.
6B_92/2026: Approval of the appeal concerning water pollution and negligent breach of law
Summary of the facts
The respondent A.________, head of the company B.________, was convicted in the first instance for negligent violation of the Federal Act on the Protection of Waters (GSchG) and a violation of the cantonal waste management law. The case originated from water pollution by wastewater from a storage of rotting plant waste, which caused the death of 483 trout. The cantonal court acquitted A.________ on appeal due to significant doubts about his responsibility and causality of the pollution. The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) appealed the judgment to the Federal Supreme Court.
Summary of the considerations
The Federal Supreme Court confirmed the FOEN's standing based on Art. 81 para. 2 BGG. It analyzed the previous court's assessment of the factual precondition “concrete danger” under Art. 70 para. 1 lit. a GSchG. The Federal Supreme Court emphasized that actual damage to the protected legal interest is not necessary to fulfill the offense. The cantonal court insufficiently examined essential facts (such as the connection between the leachate and water quality) and incompletely established the facts. In particular, the concrete danger was inadequately assessed by the cantonal court, which is why its judgment must be annulled and the case remanded for revision.
Summary of the dispositive
The appeal was upheld, the cantonal court's judgment was annulled, and the case was remanded for a new decision in accordance with the considerations. No court costs or cost compensations were imposed.
5A_514/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning debtor instruction
Summary of the facts
The proceedings concern a debtor instruction based on an adjustment of child support. During the proceedings, the District Court Baden obliges the appellant’s employer to transfer part of his income directly to the child maintenance collection office. The Higher Court of the Canton of Aargau did not admit an appeal against this decision and rejected recusal motions. The appellant filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court.
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1C_4/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning dismissal of an employee
Summary of the facts
A long-standing employee in a public employment relationship with the State of Geneva was dismissed due to her unsuitability for her position (among other things, due to a health-related complete work incapacity). She challenged this dismissal and related decisions before the cantonal court and then the Federal Supreme Court. Her appeals were dismissed.
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5A_518/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning recusal of a first-instance judge
Summary of the facts
The proceedings concerned the recusal of a first-instance judge in connection with a debtor instruction where wage amounts were to be transferred directly to a child maintenance collection office. The appellant had repeatedly filed legal remedies against these instructions in the past. The Higher Court of the Canton of Aargau partially did not admit a further appeal proceeding and rejected recusal motions against the first-instance judge.
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8C_359/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning legal aid and advance on costs
Summary of the facts
A.________ lodged an appeal against a decision by the Administrative Court of the Canton of Bern, which refused his request for legal aid due to lack of prospects and imposed a deadline for payment of an advance on costs. After the Administrative Court did not admit the appeal in the main proceedings, the appeal filed against this was dismissed by the Federal Supreme Court as moot.
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8C_62/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning accident insurance
Summary of the facts
The appellant A.________ requested review of a judgment of the Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich dated 2 December 2025 regarding accident insurance. The appeal was filed, but the required advance on costs was not paid despite several reminders (orders of 24 March and 4 May 2026) even within the granted grace period.
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7B_1393/2024: Non-admission of the appeal concerning traffic offenses with alcohol influence
Summary of the facts
The appellant (A.________) is accused of having driven a car on 23 July 2022 with a blood alcohol concentration of 1.52 ‰. He caused an accident but continued driving without reporting the damages. He was later controlled at home by the police. On 5 June 2023, the police judge of the Saane district sentenced A.________ for simple violation of traffic rules, driving under the influence of alcohol, attempted obstruction of measures to determine driving ability, and violation of duties in an accident with a penalty of 80 daily fines of CHF 30 each (conditional execution of two years), an additional fine of CHF 300, and a disciplinary fine of CHF 500. The defendant's appeal was dismissed on 29 May 2024 by the cantonal appellate court of the Canton of Fribourg.
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7B_316/2024: Dismissal of the appeal concerning termination of proceedings on fraud and corruption allegations
Summary of the facts
The appeal concerns the termination of proceedings by the public prosecutor's office of the Canton of Geneva regarding allegations of fraud (Art. 146 Criminal Code) and corruption of foreign public officials (Art. 322septies Criminal Code). The proceedings were initiated in connection with a complex business transaction involving the acquisition of shares and a gold mine in Mali. The lower court, the Chambre pénale de recours of the Cour de Justice of Geneva, dismissed the appeal against the termination of proceedings.
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6B_80/2026: Dismissal of the appeal concerning sexual offenses
Summary of the facts
First-instance judgment (7 November 2024): The appellant (A.________) was convicted for multiple sexual acts with children, sexual coercion, and rape of his stepdaughter (B.________) in the period from November 2014 to November 2023. The violent acts included vaginal penetration, oral and anal sexual acts, as well as intimate touching which the stepdaughter had to endure from the age of twelve. Sentence: 12 years imprisonment, expulsion for 12 years, outpatient therapy during imprisonment, lifelong professional ban in contact with minors, damages of CHF 35,000 to the injured party. Appeal proceedings: The CARP (Court of Appeal and Criminal Review of the Canton of Ticino) largely confirmed the first-instance judgment (20 November 2025) but lifted the contact avoidance order after the sentence execution.
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7B_397/2025: Approval of the appeal regarding hybrid unsealing decision
Summary of the facts
The juvenile prosecutor's office Limmattal/Albis is conducting a criminal investigation against A.________ on suspicion of violations of the Narcotics Act (BtmG). During the police arrest, his mobile phone was seized and unsealing was requested. The coercive measures court of the district of Horgen partially ordered unsealing and release subject to certain search terms. A.________ appealed to the Federal Supreme Court against this decision.
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5A_498/2026: Dismissal of the claim for satisfaction for personality violation
Summary of the facts
The appellant filed a claim for satisfaction for personality violation in connection with a child and adolescent psychiatric expert report drawn up in the context of divorce proceedings. The claims included a satisfaction payment, a finding of a faulty expert opinion, a change of the residence of his son, and the withdrawal of the expert's professional license. The request for legal aid for the proceedings was rejected for lack of prospects both by the District Court Solothurn-Lebern and later by the Higher Court of the Canton of Solothurn. The appellant filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court.
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6B_744/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning incompatible contradiction in revision
Summary of the facts
The judgment concerns the revision of a judgment by the appeal chamber of the Federal Criminal Court. The appellant (A.________), who was convicted for multiple prohibited acts for a foreign state (Art. 271 no. 1 Criminal Code), requested the annulment of the judgment with reference to an acquittal judgment of a co-defendant (D.________). The appellant argued that the same factual situation was assessed differently in the two judgments and that there was therefore an incompatible contradiction (Art. 410 para. 1 lit. b Criminal Procedure Code).
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8C_309/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning withdrawal of the appeal
Summary of the facts
A.________ had filed an appeal against the decision of the Administrative Court of the Canton of Schwyz of 9 March 2026. By letter dated 21 May 2026, A.________ withdrew the appeal before the Federal Supreme Court could decide on the matter.
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5A_507/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning divorce and financial claims
Summary of the facts
The appellant (A.________) and the respondent (B.________) had been married since 2008 and have two children. The District Court March divorced the marriage in 2025 and settled, among other things, the child matters and financial claims. The appellant appealed to the Cantonal Court of Schwyz, which partially admitted her appeal and adjusted the father's visitation and holiday rights but did not admit the other economic complaints. With her appeal to the Federal Supreme Court, the appellant requested, among other things, the annulment of this judgment and a reassessment of the financial claims.
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5F_23/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning request for revision for substantive case review
Summary of the facts
A. The applicant is the father of a child for whom a guardianship exists. He regularly filed lawsuits up to the Federal Supreme Court. B. After withdrawing his own divorce appeal, the respondent filed one on 31 October 2024 at the St. Gallen District Court. The applicant requested the appointment of a child representative. On 11 March 2026, the District Court appointed a representative for the child. The applicant appealed, which the Cantonal Court of St. Gallen dismissed on 12 May 2026. The Federal Supreme Court did not admit the appeal on 22 May 2026 due to deficient legal claims and insufficient reasoning. C. On 3 June 2026, the applicant requested revision of this judgment and demanded substantive review of the case.
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9C_375/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning disability pension
Summary of the facts
The appellant, born in 1964, was last employed as a floor insulator and had received disability insurance benefits multiple times in the past, which were, however, revoked again. Upon his reapplication in 2021, after an assessment by SMAB AG, a disability degree excluding pension entitlement was determined. The IV office of the Canton of Zurich denied pension entitlement in 2024. The Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich dismissed the appeal against this decision. The appellant requests a full disability pension before the Federal Supreme Court.
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4A_170/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning final legal enforcement
Summary of the facts
A.________ and B.________ (tenants) have been in a rental dispute for more than two years with C.________ (landlady), represented by attorney Nicolas Saviaux. After termination of the lease due to arrears, the tenants filed a lawsuit with the rental court of the Canton of Vaud for declaration of nullity or subsidiarily for annulment of the termination. They also requested the disqualification of attorney Saviaux, which was dismissed by the rental court. An appeal against this decision to the competent cantonal authority was unsuccessful due to formal defects. The tenants then filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court.
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7B_413/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning remand decision in criminal proceedings
Summary of the facts
The public prosecutor's office of the Canton of Fribourg issued a penal order against A.________ for sexual harassment, against which he filed an objection. The police judge discontinued the proceedings due to an invalid penal application. The Cantonal Court of Fribourg lifted the discontinuation and remanded the matter for ordinary proceedings. A.________ requested confirmation of the discontinuation or alternatively remand for reassessment before the Federal Supreme Court.
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5A_500/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning regulation of personal contact
Summary of the facts
The proceedings concern the regulation of personal contact between A.________ (mother) and her son C.________. After an original regulation by the KESB Arbon and an amendment by the Higher Court of the Canton of Thurgau, there were uncertainties between the parents about handling visitation rights on weekends falling during holidays. The Higher Court provided an explanation of the relevant dispositive clause, which the mother challenged before the Federal Supreme Court.
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5A_511/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning adult protection and guardianship
Summary of the facts
In 2018, the KESB Arbon established a representation and participation guardianship for B.________. After moving residence to Brazil, the guardianship was reviewed several times, most recently by the lower court (Higher Court of the Canton of Thurgau). A.________, the son of the affected person, filed a new request in 2026, including for revocation of the guardianship and transfer of guardianship duties to him, as well as a supervisory complaint against the KESB. The lower court dismissed the supervisory complaint insofar as it admitted it. A.________ then filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court.
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5A_466/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning request for legal aid in matrimonial protection proceedings
Summary of the facts
The appellant had requested legal aid retroactively in the context of a matrimonial protection decision, for which court costs had been imposed on him. Both the District Court Höfe and the Cantonal Court of Schwyz rejected the request as belated. With an appeal to the Federal Supreme Court, the appellant requested annulment of this decision and granting of legal aid.
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8C_272/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning disability insurance
Summary of the facts
An insured person (appellant) re-applied to disability insurance for benefits after a material review about twelve years ago. The competent authority did not admit the reapplication. The Cantonal Court of Lucerne confirmed this non-admission.
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8C_358/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning unemployment insurance
Summary of the facts
The appellant A.________ filed an appeal with the Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich against a decision of the Office for Labor. The appeal was submitted by email without qualified electronic signature. The lower court did not admit the appeal due to formal defects and additionally stated that it was substantively unfounded.
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7B_641/2026: Decision on lifting of pre-trial detention
Summary of the facts
A.________ was arrested in the United Kingdom on 30 November 2022 and extradited to Switzerland on 25 September 2024. He has been in custody since then. On 22 July 2025, A.________ was sentenced by the District Court Zurich for commercial fraud (Art. 146 para. 1 and 2 Criminal Code) to 6 ½ years imprisonment. There followed multiple flawed extensions of detention orders, notably by the coercive measures court and the district court, as well as subsequent appeals by A.________. In an earlier judgment (7B_178/2026), the Federal Supreme Court annulled a detention extension due to violation of the right to be heard. On 15 April 2026, the Higher Court Zurich finally issued a new presidential order, which was again challenged by A.________.
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6B_162/2026: Dismissal of the appeal due to sexual acts under probation aspects
Summary of the facts
The appellant was convicted for sexual acts with a person incapable of judgment or resistance and sentenced to imprisonment; part of the sentence was suspended on probation. The case concerns incidents during a celebration where sexual assaults on a heavily intoxicated woman (B.________) occurred. The lower court confirmed the appellant’s guilt, especially valuing a "no" expressed by the respondent as fundamental for the conviction.
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5F_22/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning revision request in divorce proceedings
Summary of the facts
In the context of cantonal divorce proceedings, the applicant filed a recusal request against the case manager, which was denied. Appeal proceedings at the Cantonal Court and Federal Supreme Court were dismissed or not handled due to lack of reform claims and insufficient reasoning. With the present revision request, the applicant demanded reassessment of the Federal Supreme Court’s final decision of non-admission.
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9C_156/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning health insurance matter
Summary of the facts
A.________ filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court against a judgment of the Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich dated 8 December 2025. However, no advance on costs was paid within the deadline.
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4D_46/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning final legal enforcement
Summary of the facts
The appellant (A.________) filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court against a decision of the lower court, which dismissed the appeal against the final legal enforcement ordered by the lower court due to inadmissibility. The Federal Supreme Court did not continue the proceedings because the appellant refused to pay the duly requested advance on court costs.
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7B_382/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning seizure of third-party assets
Summary of the facts
The appellant A.________, injured in connection with an overvaluation of the share acquisition of company B.________ by company D.________ SA, unsuccessfully requested the criminal judge of the district court of Sion and subsequent instances to seize assets of third parties (F.________ and G.________) in the Netherlands to secure state substitution claims (Art. 71 Criminal Code). These third parties were economically connected to the main defendant.
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5A_233/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning matrimonial protection measures and maintenance obligation
Summary of the facts
The decision concerns an appeal by the husband (appellant) against a judgment of the single judge of the appeal chamber of the Civil Court of the Canton of Vaud dated 9 February 2026. The proceedings concerned matrimonial protection measures, particularly the husband’s maintenance obligation towards the wife (respondent), who had no children with him during the marriage. The lower courts partially reduced the maintenance contribution and limited it to the period from 1 October 2024 to 31 March 2025.
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4A_194/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning final legal enforcement
Summary of the facts
The lower court, the Civil Chamber of the Cantonal Court of Valais, dismissed the appellant A.________'s appeal with decision of 30 March 2026, insofar as it was admissible. It changed the preceding decision of the District Court Martigny and St-Maurice and granted final legal enforcement in a debt collection amounting to CHF 238,606.11 in favor of the State of Vaud.
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5A_581/2025: Approval of the appeal concerning service and seizure notice
Summary of the facts
A.________ denied receiving a payment order from the Debt Collection Office Bern-Mittelland in connection with debt collection by B.________ GmbH. After service of the seizure notice, he filed an objection and requested a declaration of nullity of the seizure notice. The supervisory authority of the Canton of Bern dismissed his complaint. He then appealed to the Federal Supreme Court, requesting annulment of the decision and declaration of nullity of the payment order as well as, if applicable, remand of the case to the lower court.
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1C_87/2026: Approval with regard to cost award in cantonal proceedings
Summary of the facts
B.________ had filed an appeal before the Cour de droit administratif et public of the Cantonal Court of Vaud against an order of the Direction générale du territoire et du logement which demanded restoration of the condition of a parcel. After B.________ withdrew the appeal, the investigating judge decided to strike the appeal from the register without costs or party decision. A.________ requested before the Federal Supreme Court that B.________ be ordered to pay CHF 2,500 in party compensation for the cantonal proceedings.
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5F_21/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning revision request within divorce proceedings
Summary of the facts
An applicant requested release of an audio recording and legal aid in the context of divorce proceedings. The St. Gallen District Court rejected the request for waiver of costs for the data carrier of CHF 30.–, which the Cantonal Court of St. Gallen confirmed. The Federal Supreme Court did not admit the appeal on 22 May 2026 (judgment 5A_431/2026) due to lack of reform claims and insufficient reasoning. The applicant subsequently requested revision of this judgment.
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9C_374/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning household levy
Summary of the facts
A.________ contested a decision of Serafe AG dated 7 August 2024 on the household levy. The Federal Office of Communications (BAKOM) dismissed the appeal and obliged A.________ to pay the levy. The Federal Administrative Court did not admit A.________'s appeal due to missed deadline. A.________ then filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court.
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8C_344/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning suspension of entitlement to unemployment benefits
Summary of the facts
The Office for Industry, Trade and Labor of Graubünden (respondent) ordered suspension of entitlement of an unemployed person (appellant) according to Art. 30 para. 1 lit. d AVIG for 45 days. The cantonal court confirmed this decision. The appellant filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court, alleging errors in the lower court’s decision.
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1C_64/2026: Appeal withdrawal in connection with building permits
Summary of the facts
A.________ SA applied for building permits for two apartment buildings with underground parking. The prefect of the district La Glâne issued the permits and dismissed the opposition by respondents B.B.________ and C.B.________. The respondents appealed, and the II. Administrative Court Chamber of the Cantonal Court of Fribourg revoked the issued permits by decision of 11 December 2025. A.________ SA filed an appeal in public law matters with the Federal Supreme Court but withdrew the appeal on 28 May 2026.
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9C_639/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning AHV contribution obligation on subsequent pension payments
Summary of the facts
The appellant, a non-employed person (since 2020), received a back payment of an invalidity pension from occupational benefits for the years 2020-2024 amounting to CHF 139,343.25 in 2025. The compensation office Basel-Stadt assessed the AHV contributions for 2025 including the full back payment amount. The appellant requested that the back payment be apportioned proportionally over the years 2020-2024. The lower court dismissed the appeal.
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5A_481/2024: Dismissal of the appeal concerning maintenance regulation in family law proceedings
Summary of the facts
In family law proceedings concerning measures to protect the marital community, the parties (A.A.________ and B.A.________, married since 2006) disputed maintenance contributions. A lower court had newly regulated the spouses' maintenance obligations, against which the husband appealed, particularly concerning the refusal of legal aid and the amount of maintenance contributions.
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4A_30/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning final legal enforcement
Summary of the facts
Plaintiff B.________ submitted a German judgment of the Higher Regional Court Munich as an enforcement title in a debt collection against A.________. The first-instance judge granted final legal enforcement, which was confirmed by the cantonal court. A.________ filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court, arguing in particular that the German judgment violated Swiss ordre public.
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2C_534/2025: Determination of qualification as agricultural business within the meaning of the BGBB
Summary of the facts
A.A. and B.A., each half co-owners of a property in the Canton of Thurgau, requested the competent authority to determine that their operation qualifies as an agricultural business within the meaning of Art. 7 BGBB. The Agricultural Office of the Canton of Thurgau denied this because the required standard labor force (SAK) was not reached. The appellants argued in their appeal that the delivery of manure to third parties should be included in the calculation of the SAK, which would enable qualification of their operation as an agricultural business.
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6B_160/2026: Dismissal of the appeal concerning sexual acts with a person incapable of resistance
Summary of the facts
The judgment concerns an appeal by A.________ against a judgment of the Cour d'appel pénale of the Tribunal cantonal of the Canton of Vaud dated 26 November 2025. The proceedings concern sexual acts with a person incapable of judgment or resistance that allegedly occurred during the night of 9 to 10 July 2021. A.________ and two other persons were already sentenced to imprisonment in this context by the Tribunal correctionnel of the Arrondissement de l’Est vaudois. The first-instance judgment was partially confirmed and partially amended by the Cour d'appel pénale. A.________ requested annulment of the judgment and acquittal before the Federal Supreme Court.
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5A_492/2026: Dismissal of the appeal in a child protection case concerning precautionary measures
Summary of the facts
The appellant A.________, widowed mother of three minor children, seeks to emigrate with her children to Hong Kong. After the death of her husband E.________ in 2025, the KESB of the Canton of Zug received numerous threat reports, including about her possible overload and gambling addiction. The KESB ordered exit bans for the children as well as precautionary measures such as deposit of travel documents and notifications in RIPOL and SIS. These measures were confirmed by the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zug in the judgment of 19 May 2026.
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