14 VI FACTS 43. The Court will turn now to the relevant facts presented to it, which does not mean that it is competent to take up those facts: a. On July 15, 1982, Mr. Cantos and the Governor of the Province of Santiago del Estero allegedly signed an agreement wherein the latter acknowledged that Mr. Cantos was entitled to compensation for damages he and his businesses had sustained as a result of searches and seizures conducted in 1972. * * * Concerning the initial proceedings before the Supreme Court and other proceedings b. On March 24, 1986, Mr. Cantos asked the Governor of Santiago del Estero to take immediate action to honor the agreement signed with Mr. Jensen Viano.19 When the Governor’s Office did not respond, Mr. Cantos filed an April 14, 1986 request with the Governor of the Province of Santiago del Estero asking for “a written statement to the effect that all administrative formalities have been completed, thus paving the way for the appropriate judicial action.”20 c. On July 4, 1986, Mr. Cantos filed a complaint with the Supreme Court against the Province of Santiago del Estero and the Argentine State21 concerning performance of the agreement signed in 1982. On July 18, 1986, the Federal Judge of the Province of Santiago del Estero issued a note on jurisdiction and on the procedure to follow to process the complaint Mr. Cantos filed with the Supreme Court;22 the latter forwarded that note to the co-respondents on August 14, 1986.23 d. Right from the start of the Supreme Court case, a number of judges requested either information or copies of the case they were hearing.24 Several 19 March 24, 1986: Claim addressed to the Governor of Santiago del Estero, Carlos A. Juárez, in case 280-C-1974, requesting performance of the 1982 agreement, appendix 17 of the complaint; and April 14, 1986: Note from Mr. Cantos to the Governor of the Province reporting that all administrative procedures had been completed, “thus paving the way for the appropriate judicial action,” appendix 18 of the complaint.. 20 Supreme Court Case File C-1099, Volume I, f. 109. 21 Statement made by Mr. José María Cantos before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, June 17, 2002; Court File C-1099, processed with the Supreme Court, Volume I, at 120 et seq.; July 4, 1986 complaint filed with the Supreme Court of Argentina, against the Province of Santiago del Estero and the Argentine State seeking payment of amounts owed. Case C-1099, appendix 19 of the complaint. 22 Supreme Court case File C-1099, Volume I, f. 139. 23 Supreme Court case File C-1099, Volume I, f. 143. 24 Testimony by Mrs. María Dolores Spaini de Retondo before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, June 17, 2002; Supreme Court case file C-1099, at 149 et seq., 152 et seq., 156, 158, 182 et seq., 184, Volume I, at 278, 345-346, Volume II; Judgment of 28 November 1989, San Miguel de Tucumán Federal Appeals Court. Case 769/86. “Federal Prosecutor’s Office against José María Cantos for alleged forgery to the detriment of the Province,” appendix 11 of the rebuttal. On August 21, 1986, the representatives for the Province of Santiago del Estero sent copies of the case before the Supreme Court