Federal Administrative Court No success for Christian advertising agency in court
Agency C has taken legal action in an attempt to enforce advertising with Bible verses on buses operated by Thun-based transport company STI Bus AG. The Federal Administrative Court has now rejected an appeal by the agency due to a missed deadline.
17.10.2024, 12:00
SDA
Agency C distributes Bible verses on posters in Switzerland. It commissioned its contractual partner APG SGA 2022 to place advertising in and on buses at STI Bus AG. The transport company rejected this at the end of August 2023 and referred the agency to its contract with APG.
They also stated that they did not consider it necessary to issue a contestable injunction, as the agency had requested.
The agency's lawyer subsequently approached the Office for Public Transport and Transport Coordination of the Canton of Bern, which did not wish to comment on the matter. This is the result of a ruling by the Federal Administrative Court published on Thursday.
Not competent
The denial of justice appeal to the Federal Office of Transport (FOT) did not help the agency, as the office is not responsible for handling the case and forwarded it to the Federal Administrative Court.
The court did not intervene, as the 30-day deadline for submitting such an appeal has expired. The court writes that the appellant, who was already represented by a lawyer in August 2023, should have submitted her appeal after the letter from STI Bus. The appeal to the Federal Supreme Court is now still open. (Judgement A-7044/2023 of 2.10.2024)
