GROPPERA RADIO AG AND OTHERS v. SWITZERLAND JUDGMENT
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In the case of Groppera Radio AG and Others,
The European Court of Human Rights, taking its decision in plenary
session pursuant to Rule 50 of the Rules of Court and composed of the
following judges:
Mr R. RYSSDAL, President,
Mr J. CREMONA,
Mr Thór VILHJÁLMSSON,
Mrs D. BINDSCHEDLER-ROBERT,
Mr F. GÖLCÜKLÜ,
Mr F. MATSCHER,
Mr J. PINHEIRO FARINHA,
Mr L.-E. PETTITI,
Mr B. WALSH,
Sir Vincent EVANS,
Mr R. MACDONALD,
Mr C. RUSSO,
Mr R. BERNHARDT,
Mr A. SPIELMANN,
Mr J. DE MEYER,
Mr N. VALTICOS,
Mr S. K. MARTENS,
Mrs E. PALM,
Mr I. FOIGHEL,
and also of Mr M.-A. EISSEN, Registrar, and Mr H. PETZOLD, Deputy
Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 23 and 24 November 1989 and 21 and
22 February 1990,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the lastmentioned date:
PROCEDURE
1. The case was referred to the Court by the European Commission of
Human Rights ("the Commission") and by the Government of the Swiss
Confederation ("the Government") on 16 November 1988 and 31 January
1989 respectively, within the three-month period laid down by Article 32 §
Note by the registry: The case is numbered 14/1988/158/214. The first number is the
case's position on the list of the cases referred to the Court in the relevant year (second
number). The last two numbers indicate the case's position on the list of cases referred to
the Court since its creation and on the list of the corresponding originating applications to
the Commission.