insufficient),26 and the representatives of the State did so with regard to the
admissibility of the case (the merits).27
86.
On April 6, 1993, the Second Chamber of the National Appellate Chamber for
Federal Administrative Matters overturned the first instance judgment, rejecting the
complaint and concluded that the civil reparation ordered was inadmissible.28 The said
Second Administrative Appellate Chamber first considered the appeal filed by the
State, which was founded on the fact that the plaintiff had not acted in a way that
deserved the sanction imposed since Mr. Grande’s failure to raise the issue of the
invalidation made the doctrine of estoppel applicable29 and gave rise to the
admissibility of an civil action for reparation.
87.
In addition, the Second Administrative Appellate Chamber explained and noted
that the Supreme Court of Justice had indicated that, anyone who provides a service
must be responsible for any possible damage caused by its irregular execution, and
although this doctrine has been applied in cases of allegations of damage produced as
a result of judicial errors, it is only admissible to assign responsibility to the StateJudge when the judicial error is evident, and that, in that case, this has not occurred
because Mr. Grande had benefited from the judgment which invalidated the searches,
without having filed this remedy and the result of this invalidation was the rectification
of the proceeding and the rejection of all those elements tainted by defects. This ruling
changed that court’s opinion, by considering that the consent of the person who
underwent the search was irrelevant to legitimize the invasion of the privacy of the
home. Consequently, there was no manifest error in the plaintiff’s prosecution,
especially since the dismissal of the case was based on the impossibility of obtaining
further evidence. In addition, the Second Administrative Appellate Chamber found that
Mr. Grande had not used all the legal remedies to obtain immediate redress, because
he allowed the police to enter; and it did not rule on the other complaints.
88.
Jorge Grande submitted a special federal appeal against this judgment of the
Second Administrative Appellate Chamber alleging arbitrariness and requested that the
appeal be considered filed and that, prior to it being admitted, that it be elevated to
the Supreme Court of Justice.30 As grounds for the appeal, he indicated that: (a) res
judicata applied with regard to the fact that the case originating the appeal was based
on an unlawful act of the State, and (b) the criteria used to overturn the first instance
judgment had been applied to the presumption that the proceeding had been
conducted properly, but this could not extend to cases in which proceedings had been
conducted in an irregular manner, because, in the latter case, State responsibility was
generated automatically, to the extent that there was a harm; and this reasoning also
applied to the argument of the judgment on appeal, when it stated that the plaintiff did
not use all the legal remedies to obtain immediate redress.
26
Cf. Appeal of the plaintiff (undated) in case No. 28,928 (file of the Commission’s appendices,
appendix 3, fs. 794).
27
Appeal by the State in case No. 28,928, which does not appear in the evidence provided by the
parties to the Inter-American Court. The information indicated in this judgment appears in the judgment of
the Second Appellate Chamber (file of the Commission’s appendices, appendix 9, f. 95).
28
Cf. Judgment of the National Administrative Appellate Chamber delivered on April 6, 1993, in case
No. 28,928 (file of the Commission’s appendices, appendix 6, fs. 934 to 941).
29
Cf. Judgment of the National Appellate Chamber for Administrative Matters, supra note 27, fs. 934
al 941.
30
Special federal appeal filed by Mr. Grande before the Federal Administrative Chamber (undated) in
case No. 28,928 (appendices of the Commission, appendix 3, fs. 819 to 830).
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