Latest Judgments of the Federal Supreme Court
Here you will find the most recent judgments of the Federal Supreme Court (FSCR) 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 full 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 legal areas.
7B_1172/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning non-consideration procedure due to defamation offenses
Summary of the facts
The Criminal Chamber of the Cantonal Court of the Canton of Fribourg dismissed, as far as it was to consider, the appeal filed by A.________ against a non-consideration order of the Fribourg Public Prosecutor's Office. A.________ filed an appeal in criminal matters against this decision to the Federal Supreme Court and also applied for legal aid.
Summary of the considerations
E.1: The private plaintiff is only entitled to appeal if the contested decision can affect their civil claims. The appellant did not demonstrate which civil claims he wished to assert due to the reported defamation offenses; therefore, his standing to appeal is not given. E.2: The appeal competence pursuant to Art. 81 para. 1 lit. b no. 6 FPC is irrelevant because no admissible complaint concerning the right to file a criminal complaint was raised. E.3: An infringement of party rights within the meaning of a formal denial of justice was not sufficiently alleged; in particular, the appellant did not adequately engage with the reasoning of the lower court. E.4: The appeal obviously does not meet the admissibility and substantiation requirements and must be declared inadmissible in summary proceedings. Legal aid is to be refused due to lack of prospects; the court costs are imposed on the losing appellant.
Summary of the dispositive
The appeal is not admitted. The application for legal aid is dismissed, and the court costs are imposed on the appellant.
1C_367/2026: Service of files in recusal proceedings and right to be heard
Summary of the facts
A.D.________ and B.D.________ requested a finding that data protection law had been violated in connection with the use of the identity "C.D.________" in a debt collection procedure. They applied for the recusal of the cantonal data protection and transparency authority because it had used the wrong identity in earlier correspondence with the Federal Supreme Court. The lower court rejected the recusal request without serving the appellants with correspondence submitted by the authority and the related Federal Supreme Court order.
Summary of the considerations
E.1: The appeal in public law matters is admissible. The appellants have standing, and the appeal was filed in time. E.2: The appellants complain of a violation of their right to be heard because the lower court rejected their recusal request based on a file not served on them. E.2.1: The right to be heard includes the right to be informed of every submission and newly submitted evidence and to comment on it. Mere possibility of inspecting the files is insufficient if the files were not served. E.2.2: The lower court should have served the appellants with the authority's correspondence of September 23, 2020, and the related Federal Supreme Court order. Since it failed to do so and decided based on these files, it violated the right to be heard. The violation cannot be remedied before the Federal Supreme Court; the case must be remanded for a new decision. E.3: The appeal is to be granted, the contested decision overturned, and the case remanded. No court costs are imposed and no party compensation granted.
Summary of the dispositive
The appeal was granted and the contested decision overturned. The case was remanded to the lower court for a new decision; court costs and party compensations were not awarded.
8C_9/2026: Temporary full disability pension after deterioration of health condition
Summary of the facts
The disability insurance office initially granted the appellant a temporary full disability pension. After a reapplication and medical examinations, it denied further pension entitlement. The Insurance Court of the Canton of Aargau granted the appellant a temporary full disability pension for the period from November 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024. The appellant applied to the Federal Supreme Court for a full disability pension from November 1, 2017, alternatively further medical examinations.
Summary of the considerations
(E. 1.1) The Federal Supreme Court reviews legal violations ex officio under Art. 95 et seq. FPC, but within the scope of the duty to complain and substantiate generally only the arguments raised. (E. 1.2) The Court bases its judgment on the facts established by the lower court; correction is only possible in case of obviously incorrect or arbitrary fact-finding or a legal violation, whereby the complaint must be substantiated. (E. 2.1) The subject matter is whether the lower court violated federal law by granting only a temporary full disability pension from November 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024. A relevant deterioration of health since the decision of December 15, 2016, is undisputed. (E. 2.2) For pension claims arising until the end of 2021, the law valid until December 31, 2021, applies; for claims arising from January 1, 2022, the revised law applies. (E. 2.3) Due to the registration in November 2017, the old law generally applies for the pension claim from May 1, 2018, while the revised law applies from January 1, 2022. (E. 2.4) The lower court correctly presented the revision rules and the principles regarding evidential value and evaluation of medical expert reports. (E. 2.5) A revision expert report must sufficiently address a substantial change of circumstances. A differing incapacity for work or diagnostic classification alone is generally insufficient; a changed medical finding is required unless the change is evident. (E. 3) The lower court was entitled to give evidential weight to the MGSG report including supplements. It found different work capacities for various periods and assumed complete incapacity for work after the disc herniation surgery. This only justified a claim for a temporary full disability pension from November 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024; otherwise, pension-excluding disability degrees resulted. (E. 4.1) The objections against the evidential value of the MGSG report and the evaluation of other medical reports are unfounded. The lower court comprehensibly engaged with the medical opinions and was entitled to rely on the expert assessment. (E. 4.2) The other submissions largely consist of appellate criticism of the evidence evaluation. No arbitrary fact-finding, violation of federal law in evidence evaluation, or other legal violation is demonstrated; the appeal is unfounded. (E. 5) The court costs are to be imposed on the appellant after legal aid was already refused due to lack of prospects.
Summary of the dispositive
The appeal is dismissed. Court costs of CHF 800.- are imposed on the appellant.
7B_1244/2025: Subsequent order of detention after the lifting of an inpatient therapeutic measure
Summary of the facts
The District Court of Hinwil acquitted A.________ due to insanity and ordered an inpatient measure, which was later lifted due to lack of prospects. At the request of the enforcement authority, the District Court subsequently ordered detention; the Superior Court of the Canton of Zurich confirmed this decision. A.________ appealed the detention in criminal matters, particularly complaining about violation of the right to inspect files, insufficient expert assessment, arbitrary fact-finding, and lack of proportionality.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
4A_594/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning definitive legal authorization
Summary of the facts
B.________ AG prosecuted A.________ for CHF 29,100.80 plus interest based on a judgment of the District Court of Dielsdorf. The Pretore of the District of Lugano granted the definitive legal authorization; the cantonal appellate authority dismissed the appeal, as far as admissible, and the request for legal aid. A.________ filed a subsidiary constitutional complaint with the Federal Supreme Court and requested, among other things, annulment or amendment of the contested decision.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
6B_469/2026: Participation as accomplice in an armed robbery and violation of the Weapons Act
Summary of the facts
The appellant was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment with partially conditional execution for robbery and violation of the Weapons Act. He allegedly stood guard as a third participant during an armed robbery, then stored the stolen weapons and ammunition and organized their concealment. He appealed the partially confirmed judgment of the Geneva Cour de justice in criminal matters and requested acquittal or a milder sentence.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
1C_653/2024: Building permit for the replacement of mobile phone antennas
Summary of the facts
Salt Mobile SA applied for permission to replace mobile phone antennas on an existing mobile phone installation. The appellants unsuccessfully challenged the building permit before the cantonal authorities and then brought an appeal in public law matters before the Federal Supreme Court. They complained particularly about findings of fact, the waiver of acceptance measurements, quality assurance, violation of the right to be heard, and incomplete calculations of radiation.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
7B_670/2026: Recusal of police judge and court clerk in criminal proceedings
Summary of the facts
The appellant A.________ SA was convicted of violating the LATeC and ordered to pay a substitute claim of CHF 650,000 and a fine of CHF 30,000. In the subsequent proceedings before the police judge, she requested the rejection of the recusal of the police judge and the court clerk, particularly regarding the ordering of an expert opinion on the net profit achieved and the obligation to cooperate. The cantonal criminal chamber rejected the recusal request, after which A.________ SA appealed to the Federal Supreme Court.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
6B_450/2026: Endangering life and serious bodily injury in an attack with holding at the neck
Summary of the facts
B.________ attacked A.________ on October 10, 2020, under the influence of drugs and alcohol, held him at least three minutes by the arm at the neck, and beat him. The cantonal appellate court acquitted B.________ of endangering life and serious bodily injury, qualified the injuries as simple bodily injuries, and granted A.________ compensation of CHF 2,000 and damages of CHF 537.25. A.________ appealed these acquittals before the Federal Supreme Court and requested additional evidence, particularly the hearing of the intervening police officers and a medical report on the alleged hearing impairment.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
8C_271/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning reimbursement of social assistance benefits
Summary of the facts
By order dated December 16, 2024, the Center for Social Measures B.________ demanded reimbursement from A.________ of social assistance benefits amounting to CHF 43,358.85 for the period from April 2022 to April 2024 because she had not declared two bank accounts and the credited amounts. The Cour de justice of the Canton of Geneva rejected the appeal against this on March 17, 2026. In the Federal Supreme Court proceedings, the application for legal aid was dismissed and an advance on costs of CHF 3,500 was required, which was not paid even within the grace period.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
7B_1250/2026: Extension of pre-trial detention due to risk of reoffending
Summary of the facts
A criminal investigation is being conducted against the appellant for sexual acts with a child. The coercive measures court extended the pre-trial detention until November 25, 2026; the Superior Court dismissed the appeal against this. The appellant requests release, alternatively remand or ordering of substitute measures, and legal aid before the Federal Supreme Court.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
9C_21/2026: Tax exemption of CNA from the supplementary property tax
Summary of the facts
The Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (CNA), a public-law institution with several properties in the Canton of Vaud, was charged with the cantonal supplementary property tax for the tax periods 2021 to 2024. After its objection was dismissed citing the tax exemption under Art. 80 ATSG, the Vaud Cantonal Court also rejected its appeal. The CNA applied to the Federal Supreme Court for annulment of this decision and exemption from the supplementary property tax.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
7B_467/2026: Non-consideration order and requirements for the appeal reasoning
Summary of the facts
The appellant filed an appeal against a non-consideration order of the Fribourg public prosecutor. The Cantonal Court requested a cost advance of CHF 500 and pointed out that failure to pay on time would result in non-admission of the appeal. The dispatch was not collected; the Cantonal Court declared the appeal inadmissible due to denial of justice and the appeal against the non-consideration order inadmissible. The appellant filed an appeal in criminal matters and requested legal aid.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
5A_968/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning protective placement
Summary of the facts
The wife of the appellant was placed under protective custody and is in a persistent vegetative state after hypoxic brain damage. The KESB confirmed the placement and transferred her to a nursing home; the Cantonal Court dismissed the appeal against this, as far as it considered it. The husband applied to the Federal Supreme Court for annulment of the protective placement or transfer to a suitable institution.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
6B_388/2026: Trespassing by entering a vacant office
Summary of the facts
The appellant, shareholder and managing director of a GmbH, entered a vacant neighboring office after the previous tenant moved out through an unlocked connecting door and deposited marijuana buds there. The Basel-Stadt Criminal Court convicted him of trespassing to a conditional fine; the Appellate Court confirmed the conviction. He appealed in criminal matters and requested acquittal, alternatively remand for reassessment.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
9C_438/2025: Requirements for an assistance contribution in case of limited legal capacity
Summary of the facts
The appellant, suffering from oligophrenia since birth, receives a full extraordinary disability pension and a medium-grade helplessness allowance. She applied for an assistance contribution, which the disability insurance office rejected on the grounds that she cannot maintain her own household. The cantonal court confirmed the rejection. Before the Federal Supreme Court, she argued in particular that the requirement of having one’s own household was wrongly interpreted and that her right to be heard was violated.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
8C_320/2026: Revision of accident insurance judgments due to change of residence
Summary of the facts
B.________ was insured against accident consequences with ÖKK and slipped on the street on December 17, 2010. After several cantonal proceedings, ÖKK requested revision of earlier judgments because it subsequently discovered that B.________ had residence in the Canton of Ticino at the time of filing the appeal and the Administrative Court of the Canton of Glarus was therefore locally incompetent. The Administrative Court partially did not consider the revision requests and otherwise rejected them.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
9C_563/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning entitlement to a disability insurance pension
Summary of the facts
The appellant, born in 1966 and residing in Switzerland since autumn 2023, applied for benefits from the disability insurance in September 2025 due to back complaints existing since August 1987. The disability insurance office denied entitlement; the Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich dismissed the appeal against this. Before the Federal Supreme Court, the appellant requested annulment of this judgment, further medical and social insurance investigations, and legal aid.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
8C_723/2025: Entitlement to a half disability pension after traffic accident
Summary of the facts
The appellant suffered a cervical spine contusion and a hip contusion in a bus accident and applied for benefits from the disability insurance. After remand by the Federal Supreme Court, the disability insurance office granted her a quarter pension from September 1, 2018. The Social Insurance Court of the Canton of Zurich increased the entitlement to a half disability pension. The appellant requests a full disability pension and a higher party compensation before the Federal Supreme Court.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
7B_469/2025: Fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and money laundering in connection with trust assets
Summary of the facts
The appellant, beneficiary of an irrevocable discretionary trust, filed a criminal complaint against several persons and a bank for fraud, qualified breach of fiduciary duty, and qualified money laundering. She claimed assets had been transferred without rights to a trustee-managed account instead of her personal account and subsequently damaged by unlawful fees, commissions, and asset management. The public prosecutor did not follow up the criminal complaint; the cantonal appellate authority confirmed this decision.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
7B_52/2026: Legal basis for DNS blocking in criminal proceedings
Summary of the facts
Since August 22, 2024, the public prosecutor has been conducting a criminal investigation against several suspects for an alleged online investment fraud platform, through which numerous victims were allegedly defrauded of a total of more than CHF 1,700,000. The public prosecutor ordered immediate blocking of certain web addresses by DNS blocking against several companies, including the appellant. The cantonal appeal against this order was dismissed.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
7B_852/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning recusal
Summary of the facts
A.________ filed a criminal appeal against the decision of the Superior Court of the Canton of Solothurn concerning the recusal of District Court President C.________, Investigating Officer D.________, and Chief Public Prosecutor B.________. He particularly challenged the case management, treatment of evidence requests, necessary defense and other investigative actions, as well as alleged influence and conflict of interest.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
9C_569/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning administrative fees and cost advance
Summary of the facts
The Road Traffic Office of the Canton of Lucerne imposed a fee of CHF 50 in connection with administrative measures under road traffic law on the appellant and did not consider his late objection. The Cantonal Court of Lucerne did not consider the appeal against this for lack of payment of a cost advance of CHF 1,000. The appellant requests annulment of this judgment and substantive treatment or new determination of the cost advance.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
9C_128/2026: Three-quarter pension upon recalculation of degree of disability due to system change
Summary of the facts
The appellant suffers from bipolar affective disorder and emotionally unstable personality disorder of borderline type. After reapplying for benefits, the disability insurance office granted her a half pension from September 2021 and a pension corresponding to a degree of disability of 65% from January 2024. The Cantonal Court increased benefits to a three-quarter pension until the end of 2023 and to a pension corresponding to a degree of disability of 68% from January 2024. The appellant consistently demanded a three-quarter pension.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
1C_740/2025: Annulment of probationary driving license due to serious and moderate violations
Summary of the facts
The appellant obtained a probationary driving license. During the probation period, he first exceeded the permitted maximum speed on a highway by 36 km/h and five days later by 23 km/h in an urban area. The Road Traffic Office qualified the offenses as serious and moderate respectively and cancelled the probationary license indefinitely. The Security Directorate and the Administrative Court dismissed his legal remedies.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
9C_686/2025: Deferral supplement on the retirement pension
Summary of the facts
The appellant, born in 1954, applied for a retirement pension from July 1, 2024, and claimed to have already declared the deferral of retirement pension in 2018. The compensation office set the retirement pension retroactively without deferral supplement; the Insurance Court of the Canton of Solothurn dismissed the appeal against this.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
9C_334/2026: Economic entitlement to shares, monetary benefits, and tax evasion
Summary of the facts
The appellant was subject to withholding tax in the Canton of Geneva for the tax periods 2011 to 2013 and declared no other income. The tax administration opened a supplementary tax and tax evasion procedure because it attributed monetary benefits of a company and taxable assets to him and also denied deductions for maintenance contributions. The cantonal authorities confirmed supplementary taxes and fines.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
9C_475/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning deadline default and restoration of deadline in disability insurance
Summary of the facts
The disability insurance office of the Canton of Zug granted A.________ a temporary half disability pension from May 1, 2022, to March 31, 2024. The Administrative Court of the Canton of Zug did not consider the appeal against this due to deadline default and denied grounds for restoration. A.________ filed an appeal in public law matters.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
2C_187/2026: Short-term residence permit for marriage despite criminal expulsion order
Summary of the facts
The French appellant applied for a short-term residence permit to prepare his marriage with a French national authorized to stay in Switzerland. The cantonal authorities rejected the application because a final mandatory criminal expulsion order exists against him until May 10, 2030; the lower court confirmed this decision.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
6B_641/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning employment of foreigners without permit and violation of food law
Summary of the facts
A.________ was convicted by the Court of Appeal of the Tribunal cantonal du canton de Vaud for employing foreigners without a permit and violating the Federal Act on Foodstuffs and Utility Articles to a fine of 30 daily rates and a fine of CHF 8,000. She appealed in criminal matters and requested in particular acquittal regarding employment of foreigners without a permit, reduction of the fine, alternatively annulment of the judgment and remand of the case.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
7B_395/2026: Non-admission of the appeal concerning non-considerations and recusal requests
Summary of the facts
The appellant filed appeals in criminal matters in nine proceedings against decisions of the Superior Court of the Canton of Bern. These concerned non-considerations of criminal proceedings against employees and offices of cantonal and federal authorities as well as other persons and partly recusal requests. The Federal Supreme Court joined the proceedings.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.
6B_567/2025: Sexual acts on a person incapable of resistance and expulsion order
Summary of the facts
B.________, A.________, and C.________ were convicted for jointly committed sexual acts on a person incapable of judgment or resistance. C.________ was additionally convicted for violation of the privacy or secret area by recording devices and attempted serious bodily injury; the cantonal appellate court increased his prison sentence to 45 months and ordered a ten-year expulsion. The three appellants contested in particular the findings of fact, legal assessment, sentences, and the expulsion order for C.________.
Full summary of the judgment is available in the portal.