Latest Judgments of the Federal Supreme Court
Here you will find the most recent judgments of the Federal Supreme Court (FSCS) from bger.ch. For the first three judgments, we present detailed summaries including facts, considerations, and dispositive parts. For the further judgments, you will find a summary of the facts only. The complete summaries of all judgments are available on the Lexplorer portal. There you can configure your newsletter and receive the latest judgments individually tailored to your areas of law.
5A_631/2024: Non-admission of the appeal concerning precautionary measures in divorce proceedings
Summary of the Facts
The parties A.________ and B.________ were married from 1998 to 2017 with a traditional division of roles. The marriage produced three children, now of full age. The wife continues to live in the property solely owned by the husband. Disputes arose over the retroactive determination of spousal maintenance payments and the judicial clarification of precautionary measures in the divorce proceedings.
Summary of the Considerations
(1) Consolidation of proceedings: The two appeals 5A_631/2024 and 5A_643/2024 concern the same maintenance issues and are consolidated pursuant to Art. 71 BGG in conjunction with Art. 24 BZP. (2) Applicable legal framework: The contested decision is a cantonal final-instance ruling on precautionary measures pursuant to Art. 276 ZPO. According to Art. 98 BGG, only violations of constitutional rights may be alleged. Criticisms of a purely appellate nature are disregarded. (3) Maintenance calculation and duty to earn income: The disputed income of the wife was not hypothetically assumed by the Higher Court. This was deemed lawful because: - The wife exclusively took care of the household and children during the marriage. - A professional re-entry, e.g., as a lawyer, was considered practically impossible. - The marital division of tasks was consensually lived, enabling the husband to focus professionally and earn a high income. (4) Husband’s complaints: His allegations (e.g., that the wife should have exhausted her earning capacity during the separation period) were classified as appellate and unsubstantiated. Jurisprudence on Art. 163 ZGB allows an exception to the obligation to credit for fictitious income under exceptionally favorable financial circumstances. (5) Wife’s complaints: - The amount of the lump-sum base amount (six times the debt enforcement amount) was confirmed by the Higher Court without arbitrariness. A concrete quantification was not convincingly possible. - The allegation of incorrect consideration of previous maintenance payments was rejected since the wife did not submit quantified motions in the cantonal proceedings.
Summary of the Dispositive
The proceedings were consolidated and the appeals were dismissed. Costs were imposed on the parties equally, and each party bears its own costs.
9C_44/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning referral decision on disability insurance
Summary of the Facts
The IV Office Schaffhausen rejected the respondent’s claim to a disability pension by decision of 22 May 2024. The Higher Court of the Canton of Schaffhausen partially upheld the complaint on 16 December 2025, annulled the decision, and referred the matter back to the IV Office for further clarification of the medical facts. The IV Office appealed this referral decision to the Federal Supreme Court.
Summary of the Considerations
- **E.1:** The Federal Supreme Court establishes that referral decisions generally constitute interlocutory decisions. Final decisions exist only if the lower instance has no further discretion. This is not the case here, as the lower instance required further medical clarifications. - **E.2.1-2.2:** Interlocutory decisions are only independently appealable under the conditions of Art. 93 para. 1 BGG, especially if an irreparable disadvantage (lit. a) or considerable expense could be avoided by immediate approval (lit. b). These conditions are to be applied restrictively. - **E.2.3:** No irreparable disadvantage arises from the referral, which is undisputed. - **E.2.4:** An immediate approval of the appeal would not result in a final decision, as the referral requires further clarifications. Thus, Art. 93 para. 1 lit. b BGG does not apply either. - **E.2.5:** The appeal is inadmissible and insufficiently reasoned. Non-admission of the remedy occurs pursuant to Art. 108 para. 1 lit. a and b BGG.
Summary of the Dispositive
The appeal is not admitted, and the court costs as well as compensation are imposed on the appellant.
5A_175/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning maintenance contributions in matrimonial protection measures
Summary of the Facts
The spouses A.________ and B.________ separated in October 2022. The central dispute in the matrimonial protection measures concerns maintenance contributions. The cantonal single judge had ordered A.________ to pay her husband CHF 7,220 monthly. A.________ filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court requesting that no maintenance payments be owed.
Summary of the Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court declares the appeal admissible pursuant to Art. 72 et seq. BGG, as it relates to matrimonial protection measures. Only violations of constitutional rights are examined. The appellant must clearly and in detail specify how an arbitrary violation has occurred. Voluntary contributions from the appellant’s family were added to her income as they played a central role in the couple’s standard of living. This practice corresponds to established case law under which such contributions are creditable under certain circumstances. The assessment of the husband’s income and expenses was not successfully challenged, as it was not questioned before the lower court. The appeal argued that contributions to support an economically independent spouse were excessive. However, the Federal Supreme Court reaffirmed the principle of shared spousal support according to Art. 163 ZGB as long as the marriage exists. Additional allegations of alleged unfairness or supposed interference with the matrimonial property regime were rejected, as they lacked new legal content or were insufficiently reasoned.
Summary of the Dispositive
The appeal was dismissed and court costs as well as party compensation were imposed.
6B_226/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning deprivation of liberty and other crimes
Summary of the Facts
The appellant, A.________, was partially acquitted by the criminal court of the Canton of Geneva on 12 May 2025, but convicted inter alia of deprivation of liberty and kidnapping, extortion, robbery, violation of a ban on residence, and drug trafficking. He appealed this judgment. The cantonal court of appeal largely confirmed the first-instance convictions on 12 February 2026 but acquitted him on some counts and slightly reduced the prison sentence. A.________ filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court against this judgment.
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9C_241/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning the revocation of a half disability pension
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________, born in 1977, had been receiving a half disability pension since 2012. Following a pension review ordered by the IV Office Bern, based on a multidisciplinary medical report, the half pension was revoked retroactively from November 2024. The Administrative Court of the Canton of Bern confirmed the pension revocation. The appellant requests annulment of the lower court’s judgment and restoration of the pension, alternatively a referral for reassessment.
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7B_287/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning non-initiation of criminal proceedings
Summary of the Facts
The appellant, an inmate of the U.________ correctional institution, filed a criminal complaint against her occupational therapist, the accused. She accused him of threats and insults and described various incidents she perceived as humiliation and defamation. The Regional Public Prosecutor’s Office Emmental-Oberaargau ordered non-initiation of proceedings. The appellant unsuccessfully challenged this before the Higher Court of the Canton of Bern, which dismissed her appeal.
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7B_539/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning bullying allegations
Summary of the Facts
On 7 January 2026, A.________ filed a criminal complaint against persons from his neighborhood and business environment for bullying allegations. He claimed to have been defamed and ostracized, which negatively affected his business operations. He also suspected technical surveillance and interference with his electronic devices. The St. Gallen investigative office decided on 23 January 2026 not to initiate a criminal investigation. An appeal against this decision was dismissed by the indictment chamber of the Canton of St. Gallen on 26 March 2026, insofar as it was admitted.
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1C_342/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning building permit for a mobile communications facility
Summary of the Facts
The subject matter is a building permit for the construction of mobile communications facilities on a high-rise building in Kreuzlingen. The permit was applied for by N.________ AG and granted despite objections. Lower courts such as the Administrative Court of the Canton of Thurgau confirmed the decision. The appellants requested annulment of the permits before the Federal Supreme Court, invoking among other things alleged violations of the right to be heard and factual and legal deficiencies in the examination of the building applications.
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1D_21/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning ordinary naturalization
Summary of the Facts
A.________ applied for ordinary naturalization in the Canton of Basel-Landschaft, but the AMIB did not admit the application due to failure to meet the minimum residency period (5 years). The government council rejected the subsequent appeal. The cantonal court did not admit a new appeal after A.________ failed to pay one of the installments of the cost advance in time. A.________ then filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court, requesting a referral of the matter to grant an extension for payment of the installment.
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5A_393/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning edictal service of a payment order
Summary of the Facts
In a debt collection procedure, the Zurich 11 debt enforcement office published the payment order in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SHAB) on 16 October 2025. The appellant filed a complaint against this publication, whereupon the Zurich District Court did not admit the complaint. The Zurich Cantonal Court dismissed a subsequent complaint. The appellant’s submission, referring to several cantonal court decisions, was forwarded to the Federal Supreme Court, which examined it for presumed intent to appeal.
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2C_317/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning withdrawal of residence permit
Summary of the Facts
The appellant, a Spanish national residing in Switzerland since 1986, was repeatedly convicted and had significant debts. Due to these criminal convictions and indebtedness, his existing EU/EFTA residence permit was withdrawn and converted into an EU/EFTA residence permit (commutation) in 2023. This decision was confirmed by both the State Council and the Administrative Court of the Canton of Ticino.
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9C_135/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning inadmissible tax declarations
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________, residing in France and employed by the European Union delegation in Geneva, has not filed tax returns with the Geneva cantonal tax administration since the 2011 tax period. Consequently, ex officio assessments were made for the 2011 to 2020 tax periods. Payment requests were issued for 2014 to 2020, against which A.________ filed various legal remedies. The lower instance, the TAPI, declared the appeal inadmissible, confirmed by the Cour de justice.
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5A_517/2024: Partial approval of the appeal concerning maintenance contributions and pension assets
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ and the respondent B.________ married in 1995 and separated in 2013. The subsequent divorce proceedings concerned maintenance contributions and the division of occupational pension assets. The lower courts reached different conclusions, particularly regarding the amount of maintenance payments and the handling of the wife’s pension funds.
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6B_106/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning commercial usury and incitement to illegal stay
Summary of the Facts
On 7 June 2022, the Geneva criminal court found A.A.________ guilty of commercial usury (Art. 157 nos. 1 and 2 SCC) and incitement to illegal entry, exit, or stay (Art. 116 para. 1 lit. a and para. 3 lit. a FNA), sentenced her to a partially suspended prison term of two and a half years and a fine, and ordered her to pay 75% of the procedural costs. B.________ was found guilty of aiding and abetting the same offenses. C.A.________ was acquitted of charges such as trespassing and attempted coercion. The court of appeal partially upheld the appeals of A.A.________ and B.________ but essentially confirmed the judgments. C.A.________ was found guilty of violation of domicile and attempted coercion and received a fine. D.________ was awarded partial damages. Four appeals against this judgment were filed with the Federal Supreme Court.
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5A_333/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning the surrender of a painting
Summary of the Facts
The dispute concerned ownership and possession of a Picasso painting. The appellant, residing in Mexico, demanded the surrender of the painting from a Swiss bank which held it as collateral. The Zurich Commercial Court rejected the request for measures as neither the claim to disposition nor urgency was credibly demonstrated. The appellant appealed to the Federal Supreme Court.
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4D_51/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning legal aid
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ challenged the final order of the peace judge of the Balerna district of 9 March 2026, which dismissed objections against a payment order for CHF 300 and refused legal aid. The III Civil Chamber of the Appellate Court of the Canton of Ticino confirmed this decision on 24 March 2026. The dispute value is under CHF 30,000, so the present case could only be the subject of a subsidiary constitutional complaint.
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5A_128/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning precautionary measures in child protection
Summary of the Facts
A.________ (appellant) and B.________ (respondent) are the separated parents of the child C.________. The son has refused contact with the father for several years. After failed mediation attempts, the father requested precautionary measures, including participation in a course he recommended ("Family Bridges"), which provided for a temporary reallocation of custody to him and a contact ban with the mother. These motions were rejected both at first instance and by the Higher Court.
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9C_325/2025: Deductibility of losses from forex trading
Summary of the Facts
The spouses A.A.________ and B.A.________ engaged in real estate activities and financial market trading, especially forex trading. For the tax periods 2013 to 2019, they claimed losses from this activity and requested deduction as losses from self-employment. The cantonal instances denied the deduction, as the activity was not recognized as commercial securities trading and the bookkeeping partly did not meet legal requirements. The appellants requested recognition of self-employment and acknowledgment of losses before the Federal Supreme Court.
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8C_344/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning entitlement to daily allowances and pension after military service
Summary of the Facts
The appellant, a former army member, claimed before the Federal Supreme Court that the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (CNA) was obliged to continue paying daily allowances and a pension for a permanent accident-related disability from 1 March 2023. The dispute concerned whether complaints during military service were due to a pre-existing condition and whether deterioration under Art. 5 LAM (Military Insurance Act) is considered completed.
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2C_208/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning renewal of residence permit
Summary of the Facts
A.________, an Italian national, applied for renewal of his EU/EFTA residence permit in the Canton of Ticino, which was rejected by the competent cantonal authority on 4 December 2025. After unsuccessful challenge before the State Council of the Canton of Ticino, the Administrative Court declared the appeal inadmissible because A.________ did not submit the contested decision in time. A.________ then turned to the Federal Supreme Court, which ruled the appeal inadmissible.
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6B_305/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning inadmissible reasoning
Summary of the Facts
A.________ filed a criminal appeal with the Federal Supreme Court against a decision of the Criminal Chamber of the Geneva Court of Appeal and Revision dated 25 March 2026. This decision dismissed a revision request directed against a judgment of 12 March 2024. In the original judgment, A.________ was found guilty of embezzlement and defamation and sentenced to a fine of 90 daily rates of CHF 30, conditional for three years. The appellant mainly requested annulment of the contested decision and remand to the lower court, alternatively requested acquittal.
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5A_392/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning edictal service of a payment order
Summary of the Facts
The case concerns the edictal service of a payment order by the Zurich 11 debt enforcement office, published in the SHAB. The appellant initially opposed this at the Zurich District Court, then at the Zurich Cantonal Court, and finally at the Federal Supreme Court. The Federal Supreme Court examined the submission and found it did not meet the legal requirements for an appeal reasoning.
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7B_1442/2024: Non-admission of the appeal concerning legal aid
Summary of the Facts
The Regional Public Prosecutor’s Office Bern-Mittelland ordered non-initiation of criminal proceedings against unknown persons. The appellant A.________ appealed and requested legal aid before the Higher Court of the Canton of Bern. This request was rejected as A.________ did not sufficiently demonstrate neediness. He now appeals this decision to the Federal Supreme Court.
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5F_14/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning revision of a Federal Supreme Court judgment
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ requested revision of an earlier Federal Supreme Court judgment of 9 April 2026 (5A_1075/2025). This judgment concerned dismissal of an appeal against a judgment of the cantonal Cour des mesures de protection de l'enfant et de l'adulte of the Canton of Neuchâtel. The dispute essentially relates to the order suspending the appellant’s visitation rights with his son and conducting a psychiatric assessment.
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9C_29/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning disability pension
Summary of the Facts
A.________ applied for a new benefit review with the Geneva Disability Insurance on 9 November 2021 due to deterioration of his health. After obtaining various reports, the administration granted him a partial pension of 27.5% of a full pension as of 1 January 2024 on 7 August 2025. A.________ appealed to the cantonal instance, which granted him a partial pension of 35% but denied his request for a public hearing. Both A.________ and the Geneva Disability Insurance filed appeals with the Federal Supreme Court.
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7F_29/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning revision request
Summary of the Facts
The petitioner A.________ requested revision of a Federal Supreme Court revision judgment (7F_14/2026), which had already dismissed an earlier revision request. The original case concerned the Federal Supreme Court's non-admission decision (7B_51/2026) on an appeal against a decision of the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich regarding a summons to penal execution.
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8C_110/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning retroactive social assistance benefits
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ applied for social assistance benefits from 2021, which were granted only from 1 April 2022. Initially, with support of her legal representative, she accepted this start but later claimed retroactive benefits from October 2021. The municipal association Social Service Region Jungfrau rejected this, as did the government council of Interlaken-Oberhasli and the Administrative Court of the Canton of Bern.
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7B_1331/2024: Non-admission of the appeal concerning referral due to failure to examine the main witness
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ was convicted by the Zurich District Court (2019) and subsequently by the Zurich Cantonal Court (2021) for multiple offenses including endangering life, sentenced to unconditional imprisonment, fines, and penalties. Upon a first appeal, the Federal Supreme Court (2022) overturned the Cantonal Court’s judgment and remanded the case for reconsideration, mandating the judicial interrogation of the main witness B.________, as it was a classic "statement against statement" case. The Cantonal Court nevertheless confirmed the convictions in the remand proceedings (2024), although the witness was again not heard.
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5A_394/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning edictal service of a payment order
Summary of the Facts
The appellant objected to the edictal service of a payment order by the Zurich 11 debt enforcement office, published in the SHAB. After the lower courts did not admit or dismissed her complaints, the files were forwarded to the Federal Supreme Court. The appellant denied the origin of the submission and claimed identity misuse among other allegations. She also argued that the signature regulation had been violated without properly addressing the relevant cantonal law.
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6B_954/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning gang-related and commercial theft, property damage, and trespassing
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ was convicted at first instance for gang-related and commercial theft, property damage, and trespassing. An appeal filed by the appellant led to partial confirmation of the conviction by the Cantonal Court. In the present proceedings, the appellant challenges the judgments of the lower courts, particularly alleging violation of his right to be heard, assessment of evidence, and the sentence.
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4A_162/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning termination with modification and CEO bonus claims
Summary of the Facts
The case concerned a dispute between A.________ AG and its former CEO B.________. After the plaintiff was dismissed as CEO by the defendant’s board, negotiations took place about continued employment in a new role. Disputes involved validity of an oral termination, admissibility of a termination with modification, and the plaintiff’s bonus claims. The plaintiff sought damages for abusive termination, salary for May 2018, and a bonus for 2017. The lower court found that an oral termination on 5 October 2017 was invalid and only the written termination in November 2017 was effective.
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6B_248/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning revision of a judgment
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ filed an appeal against a decision of the Cour d'appel pénale of the Tribunal cantonal of the Canton of Vaud dated 5 March 2026, which dismissed her renewed revision of the judgment of 26 April 2022. The lower court dismissed the revision grounds due to lack of new relevant facts or evidence.
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4A_643/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning active legitimation to assert a claim
Summary of the Facts
A dispute between B.________ (Lebanese citizen, nephew) and the bank A.________ SA concerned a bank account held by the deceased aunt of the respondent, C.________, at the bank. The dispute concerned B.________’s active legitimation to assert a claim exceeding USD 3 million, which could not be paid out by the bank’s Lebanese branch due to restrictions imposed by Lebanese authorities.
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2D_12/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning residence permit
Summary of the Facts
South African national A.________ (born 1956) entered Switzerland in January 2020 with a tourist visa to visit her daughter (Swiss citizen) and family. On 22 April 2020, she applied for a residence permit for non-working stay, which was rejected by the competent cantonal authority on 9 June 2020. A second application on 25 August 2020 was also rejected on 2 November 2020. This refusal was confirmed by the Ticino State Council (28 September 2022) and the Ticino Administrative Court (15 April 2026).
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4D_53/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning free legal protection
Summary of the Facts
A.________ filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court against the decision of the III Civil Chamber of the Ticino Appellate Court dated 24 March 2026. The dispute concerned the final order of debt enforcement for CHF 100 and the refusal of free legal protection.
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7B_419/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning legal aid
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court against the decision of the Thurgau Cantonal Court, which dismissed her request for legal aid in the main proceedings due to lack of prospects. The appellant made allegations against persons she had reported in the main matter.
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6B_174/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning multiple serious crimes
Summary of the Facts
The appellant was convicted by the criminal court of the District of Eastern Vaud and subsequently by the criminal appeals chamber of the Vaud Cantonal Court for multiple serious crimes, including qualified simple bodily harm, sexual offenses against children, sexual coercion with cruelty, rape with cruelty, and pornography, sentenced to seven years imprisonment. Additionally, he was banned from the country for 15 years and entered into the Schengen Information System (SIS). He was permanently prohibited from exercising professional or non-professional activities with regular contact with minors. The appellant challenged this judgment and requested acquittal for all charges except the violation of the foreigners’ law (LEI).
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5A_391/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning challenge of resolutions of the owners’ assembly
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ requested annulment of six resolutions of the owners’ assembly of a condominium association adopted on 22 May 2023. After the La Côte District Court dismissed the lawsuit by judgment of 11 February 2025, the Cour d'appel civile of the Tribunal cantonal of the Canton of Vaud declared the appeal inadmissible on 7 April 2026.
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9C_90/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning judge recusal
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ requested revision or reconsideration of a tax assessment by the Bern tax authorities dated 7 December 2020. In this context, he filed a motion for recusal of the responsible cantonal judge Christophe Tissot as well as other judges who had already acted in an earlier proceeding in the same matter. The Administrative Court of the Canton of Bern declared the recusal motions inadmissible or unfounded.
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8C_588/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning inadmissible motions
Summary of the Facts
A.________, a foreign national, was granted a full disability pension from 1 November 2021. In January 2023, he filed an application for supplementary benefits to AHV/IV with the Compensation Fund of the Canton of Valais. Due to what he considered an unjustified failure to decide, he filed a complaint with the cantonal court on 6 October 2023. As no timely decision was made, A.________ filed a complaint for denial of justice with the Federal Supreme Court on 4 October 2025.
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6B_98/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning theft and trespassing
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ was acquitted by the first-instance lower court (District Court of Eastern Vaud) on 4 April 2025 of theft and trespassing charges. Upon appeal by the private plaintiff B.________, the Cour d'appel pénale of the Tribunal cantonal of the Canton of Vaud revised the judgment on 7 October 2025 and found A.________ guilty. He was sentenced to a conditional prison term of five months as an additional penalty to a previous judgment of 5 October 2023. The lower court also imposed civil payments to B.________.
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4D_55/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning legal aid
Summary of the Facts
A.________ filed an appeal against a decision of the Tribunal di Appello of the Canton of Ticino, which dismissed the appeal against rejection of her request for legal aid and the final debt enforcement by the Giudice di pace of the Circolo di Balerna. The dispute value did not exceed CHF 30,000, so only the subsidiary constitutional complaint route was available.
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5A_384/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning child protection measures
Summary of the Facts
The parents of the child C.________ born in 2017, A.________ (mother) and B.________ (father), who are not married, have been involved for several years in a dispute regarding joint custody, visitation rights, and caregiving arrangements. In May 2025, the mother informed the father by email that she planned to move with the child to western France. Consequently, the Geneva “Service de protection des mineurs” (SPMi) requested the registration of the child in the RIPOL, SIS, and INTERPOL databases as well as an exit ban for the mother and son. The dispute over these measures led to numerous lower court decisions. The mother appealed to the Federal Supreme Court, requesting removal of the database entries and lifting of the exit ban.
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7B_357/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning restoration of deadline and non-initiation
Summary of the Facts
The appellant filed a criminal appeal against the decision of the Higher Court of the Canton of Bern, which dismissed her request for restoration of the deadline and rejected her appeal against a non-initiation order.
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1C_583/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning correction request in final report
Summary of the Facts
A.________, formerly a teacher at the Zurich Technical Vocational School (TBZ), requested correction of passages concerning him in the final report of an administrative investigation by the Education Directorate of the Canton of Zurich. The requested corrections were added as a note of dispute by the Education Directorate; further requests were dismissed. Appeal and complaint against this order were dismissed by the lower court and the Administrative Court of the Canton of Zurich.
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7B_414/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning restoration of a deadline
Summary of the Facts
The appellant A.________ filed an appeal on 28 March 2026 against the decision of the indictment chamber of the Canton of St. Gallen dated 26 February 2026. The subject was restoration of a deadline.
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2C_210/2025: Non-admission of the appeal concerning repayment of hardship funds
Summary of the Facts
The A.________ AG, a company in the chocolate and confectionery industry, received hardship funds during the Covid-19 pandemic for three business divisions affected by state measures (amount: CHF 204,455). Since A.________ AG achieved a taxable business profit of CHF 775,828 in 2021, repayment of the hardship funds was ordered due to conditional profit participation. The A.________ AG’s lower court legal remedies were unsuccessful, after which it filed an appeal in public law proceedings and sought to have the repayment obligation denied.
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7B_424/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning non-initiation
Summary of the Facts
The appellant filed a criminal appeal against a decision of the Higher Court of the Canton of Zurich, which dismissed her appeal against the non-initiation order of the Winterthur/Unterland Public Prosecutor’s Office dated 1 October 2025.
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4D_49/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning insufficient reasoning
Summary of the Facts
A.________ filed an objection against the final debt enforcement title concerning an amount of CHF 60 served on her by the Republic and Canton of Ticino. The objection was dismissed by the substitute peace judge of the Balerna district on 24 February 2026. The III Civil Chamber of the Ticino Appellate Court dismissed A.________’s appeal against this decision on 25 March 2026 and ruled that the substitute peace judge should comment on the outstanding issue of the request for free legal aid.
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5A_381/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning seizure announcement and bankruptcy warning
Summary of the Facts
The appellant filed a complaint against a seizure announcement and publication of the bankruptcy warning by the Zurich 11 debt enforcement office. The Zurich District Court did not admit it. The Zurich Cantonal Court dismissed the complaint insofar as it admitted it. Subsequently, the Cantonal Court forwarded a submission of the appellant dated 1 May 2026, referring to several cantonal court judgments, to the Federal Supreme Court for review as an appeal. Later, the appellant denied the authenticity and stated that no appeal had been filed.
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