Facts
The plaintiff, a German national and lawyer, conducted numerous appeal proceedings before the Federal Supreme Court and repeatedly complained about the composition of the judicial panel. The Federal Supreme Court dismissed his complaints and imposed the costs of the proceedings on him. The plaintiff requested damages and satisfaction due to alleged illegality by the Federal Supreme Court.
The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the lawsuit, as there was no illegality and the barrier effect of Art. 12 GLA applied. The lawsuit was also unfounded insofar as it concerned the considerations of the Federal Supreme Court's jurisprudence.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court examined the lawsuit according to Art. 120 FSCA and found that the lawsuit was admissible. It then examined the illegality of the Federal Supreme Court's conduct and came to the conclusion that there was no illegality.
The Federal Supreme Court also dismissed the complaint that the non-anonymization of the plaintiff's name in Federal Supreme Court judgments was illegal. It found that the anonymization of legal representation was not already in place when the Federal Supreme Court criticized the conduct of legal…