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 dispositives. For the further judgments, you will find a summary of the facts. The full 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 areas of law.
4A_340/2026: Challenge to a judicial settlement on the definitive termination of a tenancy
Summary of the facts
The appellants, as tenants, concluded a settlement with the respondent as landlord before the conciliation authority, according to which the tenancy definitively ended on April 30, 2025. Their subsequent request for revision, by which they sought to have the settlement declared invalid due to defects in consent and violations of the right to be heard, was dismissed; the cantonal court rejected their appeal insofar as it admitted it. Before the Federal Supreme Court, they essentially request the annulment of the cantonal decision, the granting of the revision request, and legal aid free of charge.
Summary of the considerations
(E.1) The civil appeal requires, in matters of tenancy law involving property rights, a minimum amount in dispute of CHF 15,000.-- as a general rule. The originally requested extension by three months does not meet this threshold; whether the validity of the termination is decisive for the amount in dispute need not be conclusively clarified due to contradictory submissions. (E.2) The formal complaints of violation of the right to be heard are unfounded or not sufficiently substantiated. The appellants do not convincingly show how the alleged pressure situation or the missing documents influenced the conclusion of the settlement. The conciliation procedure is confidential; a violation of the right to evidence was not sufficiently substantiated. The inspection of files should have been invoked earlier and could not be complained of only after the unfavorable decision. (E.3) The appellants do not demonstrate an error in the conclusion of the settlement. The formulation that the tenancy "definitively" ends on April 30, 2025, is clear even to laypersons and means a final, conclusive termination. A continuation of the tenancy beyond this date could not be derived from this; there is no lack of clarification by the conciliation authority. Legal aid is to be refused due to lack of prospects of success. (E.4) The appeal is dismissed insofar as it is admissible. The request for legal aid is dismissed; the court costs are imposed jointly and severally on the appellants.
Summary of the dispositive
The appeal was dismissed insofar as it was admitted. Legal aid was refused and the court costs were imposed jointly and severally on the appellants.
6B_178/2026: Appeal against convictions for insult, threat and coercion as well as costs and compensation consequences
Summary of the facts
The appellant was convicted of multiple insults, threats and coercion to the detriment of his wife and son. The cantonal court acquitted him in part, confirmed the convictions in other respects, imposed a conditional fine and a contact and area ban measure. He requests further acquittals, higher compensations and a new regulation of costs before the Federal Supreme Court.
Summary of the considerations
(E.1) The Federal Supreme Court reviews only the legal complaint; it does not admit the personally submitted petition due to insufficient reasoning. (E.2–2.2.3) The complaints regarding the assessment of facts and evidence are largely appellate; the cantonal court's evaluation of the statements of the respondent and her son is not arbitrary. (E.3) The complaint concerning insult is inadmissible or unfounded as there is no sufficiently substantiated complaint of arbitrariness. (E.4–4.3) The convictions for threat do not violate the principle of legality despite erroneous date indications because the alleged facts were sufficiently determined; further factual complaints are appellate and inadmissible. (E.5–5.4) The objections against the convictions for coercion show no arbitrariness; the submissions are mostly appellate or unfounded. (E.6–6.2) The complaint of violation of the acceleration requirement is inadmissible due to failure to exhaust the cantonal remedies. (E.7–7.2) A crediting of substitute measures against the penalty is not owed because the contact and area bans affected personal freedom considerably less than pretrial detention. (E.8–8.2) The prohibition of reformatio in peius is not violated; the lower court did not impose a stricter measure but partially limited its effect. (E.9–9.5) The cost and compensation regulation generally complies with federal law. However, the lower court did not justify why it did not consider the invoice of the second defense counsel in the first-instance party compensation. The further complaints concerning compensation and hearing rights are unfounded or inadmissible. (E.10) Therefore, the appeal is partially upheld, the contested judgment annulled and the matter remanded for a new decision; otherwise, the appeal is dismissed insofar as it is admissible.
Summary of the dispositive
The appeal was partially upheld, the contested judgment annulled and the matter remanded for a new decision. Otherwise, the appeal was dismissed insofar as it was admitted; costs and party compensations were distributed.
6B_741/2025: Multiple pornography and depictions of violence; sentencing and lifelong employment ban
Summary of the facts
The appellant was convicted of multiple pornography and multiple depictions of violence to a conditional fine of 140 daily rates of CHF 30.-- as a partial additional penalty. In addition, a lifelong employment ban was ordered. He requests acquittal, alternatively a milder penalty and waiver of the employment ban.
Summary of the considerations
E. 1: The complaints regarding the determination of facts and evaluation of evidence show no arbitrariness or do not meet the qualified requirements for reasoning; the convictions stand. E. 2: The sentencing is within the discretion of the judge; the conditional fine of 140 daily rates and the probation period of three years comply with federal law. E. 3: The requirements for a lifelong employment ban under Art. 67 para. 3 lit. d no. 2 Swiss Criminal Code are met. A particularly minor case within the meaning of Art. 67 para. 4bis Swiss Criminal Code does not exist given the direct intent, the type and number of files, as well as the dispatch of a child-pornographic video. E. 4: The appeal is dismissed insofar as it is admissible; legal aid and representation are refused due to lack of prospects of success.
Summary of the dispositive
The appeal was dismissed insofar as it was admitted. Legal aid was refused and court costs of CHF 1,200.-- were imposed on the appellant.
9C_476/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning contribution obligation and compensation for AHV contributions
Summary of the facts
The compensation office rejected the objection of A.________ against contribution decisions and a compensation decision. The Vaud cantonal court essentially confirmed the contribution obligation for the years 2018 to 2025 as well as the compensation obligation for statute-barred contributions for the years 2015 to 2017. A.________ requested before the Federal Supreme Court to establish that he owes nothing to the AHV and submitted a supplementary submission after a hint regarding the duty to provide reasons.
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9C_501/2025: Disability pension in cervical pain and commencement of pension entitlement
Summary of the facts
A.________, born 1968, mainly worked as a construction worker and claimed disability benefits from December 2019 due to left-sided cervicobrachial neuralgia. After a multidisciplinary assessment by the Clinique romande de réadaptation, the IV office initially granted him a half pension from November 1, 2020 and a 65% pension from January 1, 2024. The cantonal court increased the benefit to three-quarters of a disability pension from October 1, 2020. The IV office only challenged the commencement, while A.________ demanded a full disability pension from November 1, 2020.
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4A_290/2026: Duty to notify and retroactive termination of a collective daily allowance insurance
Summary of the facts
A.________ AG concluded a collective daily allowance insurance with B.________ AG under the VVG. After reporting cases of illness, it provided insurance benefits but retroactively terminated the policy due to alleged breach of notification duty and intentional deception and demanded CHF 36,782.15 back. The social insurance court declared the termination ineffective and denied the recovery claim; A.________ AG appealed in civil matters against this.
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7B_861/2025: Re-creation or registration of a DNA profile in the new criminal proceedings
Summary of the facts
Criminal proceedings were initiated against the appellant for rape, unlawful residence and violation of the entry ban. After a DNA profile was ordered on February 8, 2025, the public prosecutor’s office ordered the creation of a DNA profile again on May 24, 2025, in the course of new criminal proceedings. The cantonal appeal against this order was dismissed, whereupon the appellant appealed to the Federal Supreme Court.
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8C_251/2026: Refund of supplementary benefits and request for reconsideration
Summary of the facts
The appellant received supplementary benefits and was obliged to refund 20,080 Swiss francs. After her request for remission of the refund was finally rejected, she requested a reassessment and lower installments; the cantonal court did not admit her submission against the corresponding letter.
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6B_266/2026: Negligent serious bodily injury when unloading a transport trailer
Summary of the facts
The public prosecutor accused A.________, as managing director and safety officer, of failing to comply with or enforce safety regulations toward employees when unloading a tractor-trailer combination. As a result, an employee fell from the loading bridge and was trapped between the loading ramp and transport trailer, suffering serious or life-threatening injuries. The district court acquitted A.________; the cantonal court convicted him on appeal by the private plaintiff for negligent serious bodily injury to a conditional fine of 150 daily rates.
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6B_736/2025: Deportation for serious mental illness and lack of treatment options in the country of origin
Summary of the facts
The Zurich cantonal court convicted A.________ inter alia for a crime against the Narcotics Act and attempted money laundering and ordered a seven-year deportation as well as its entry in the Schengen Information System. A.________ appealed the deportation and the entry with the Federal Supreme Court, particularly asserting his schizophrenia, severe addiction, lack of treatment options and lack of viability in Brazil.
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7B_220/2026: Official defense in appeal proceedings in a minor case
Summary of the facts
The Basel-Landschaft criminal court convicted A.________ of multiple threats to a conditionally executable fine of 70 daily rates and of assault but refrained from sentencing in that respect. In the appeal proceedings, A.________ requested official defense; the cantonal court rejected the request. He filed a criminal appeal against this and additionally requested legal aid free of charge as well as non-disclosure of his home address to the private plaintiff.
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9C_666/2025: Debt deduction from bankruptcy loss notes from taxable assets
Summary of the facts
B.A.________ was the owner of a sole proprietorship over which a bank bankruptcy procedure was conducted and closed in 2019. The spouses A.________ claimed the resulting debts totaling CHF 1,862,900.- in their tax returns from 2016 to 2021 as a deduction from taxable assets. The tax administration refused the deduction; the cantonal legal remedies were unsuccessful.
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4A_142/2026: International sports arbitration and obligation to assume personal income taxes
Summary of the facts
A Serbian basketball club and an American professional basketball player concluded several player contracts and later a termination agreement. After they could not agree on the player's personal income taxes, the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal obliged the club to pay outstanding salaries, tax amounts, future taxes, interest, as well as procedural and party costs. The club appealed the arbitration award for ultra or extra petita, violation of the right to be heard and breach of ordre public.
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4A_545/2025: Liability for theft of a vehicle handed over under a "conto vendita" contract
Summary of the facts
A.________ handed over a vehicle to B.________ Sagl under a "conto vendita" contract for safekeeping, exhibition and sale. After the vehicle was stolen from the company’s outdoor area, A.________ demanded damages; the cantonal instances dismissed his lawsuit and appeal.
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7B_925/2025: Unsealing and extent of evaluation of seized mobile phone data
Summary of the facts
Criminal investigation was opened against A.________ for attempted coercion in connection with a climate protest action on a golf course. His mobile phone, charging cable and SIM card were seized and sealed. The TMC initially approved the unsealing under temporal and factual restrictions and later ordered the immediate release of the seized items to the public prosecutor’s office. A.________ challenged both orders.
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4A_413/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning tenant eviction
Summary of the facts
The Oberland Regional Court did not admit the appellant's request for eviction of the respondent. The Bern cantonal court also did not admit the appeal against this; the appellant challenged this decision before the Federal Supreme Court.
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2C_549/2026: Non-admission of the appeal regarding entitlement to the electricity price bonus
Summary of the facts
The appellant applied for a decision on his daughter’s entitlement to the electricity price bonus for the bonus year 2024; she was born on December 24, 2024. The Office for Environment and Energy denied the entitlement because the daughter was not yet born on the relevant cut-off date; the cantonal legal remedies were dismissed. The appellant filed a 243-page appeal against the judgment of the court of appeal.
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7B_1249/2026: Pre-trial detention due to threat and assessment of risk of repetition
Summary of the facts
A criminal investigation is being conducted against A.________ for threat. He is accused of having threatened a fellow passenger with an opened pocket knife in a bus. The coercive measures court ordered pre-trial detention; the cantonal court confirmed this. A.________ requested release before the Federal Supreme Court, alternatively substitute measures or remand for a new decision.
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6B_373/2026: Partial deferral of a prison sentence and determination of probation period
Summary of the facts
The appellant was sentenced to three years in prison for theft. After remand by the Federal Supreme Court, the lower court ordered partial enforcement of 18 months with a probation period of three years. The appellant requested a reduction of the enforceable part to six months or a probation period of two years.
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5A_987/2026: Return of a child unlawfully brought to Switzerland to Germany
Summary of the facts
The daughter of the unmarried parties lived with the mother in Germany since the separation and had regular visits with the father in Switzerland. After a weekend visit, the father initially brought her to school in Germany but returned the same day to Switzerland with her. The cantonal court ordered him, at the mother's request, to return the child to Germany.
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4D_138/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning legal enforcement
Summary of the facts
The Lucerne cantonal court did not admit the appellant’s appeal against the legal enforcement decision of the Lucerne district court. The appellant filed a complaint with the Federal Supreme Court and supplemented her grounds for appeal several times.
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6B_260/2025: Compensation for official defense after increased hourly rate
Summary of the facts
The senior public prosecutor’s office of the canton of Aargau appointed A.________ as official defense counsel of B.________. After the change of jurisdiction, the Muri-Bremgarten public prosecutor’s office dismissed A.________ and awarded him compensation of CHF 14,460.--. The cantonal court increased this to CHF 17,688.50. A.________ claims compensation before the Federal Supreme Court according to the hourly rate of CHF 220.-- applicable from January 1, 2024, for all expenses.
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