Published on 19 September 2022
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 50926/09
Maria GALBO and Giovanna Olga ILARDO against Italy
and 5 other applications
(see list appended)
communicated on 29 August 2022
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern an alleged legislative interference, through the enactment of section 1 paragraph 55 of Law no. 243/04. A detailed description of the factual background of the case is set out in Arras and Others v. Italy (no. 17972/07, §§ 7-25, 14 February 2012).
In particular, the applicants are either pensioners or heirs of pensioners (retired prior to 31 December 1990) of the Banco di Sicilia. Following its privatisation, the more favourable equalisation mechanism (meccanismo perequativo) was suppressed by Law 218/1990. According to a settled judicial interpretation, the suppression was considered inapplicable to persons who were already retired at the date of 31 December 1990. Nevertheless, the Banco di Sicilia paid reduced amounts to the applicants, in application of the less favourable equalisation mechanism. Therefore, relying on the settled interpretation, the applicants entered into litigation with the Banco di Sicilia and initially obtained favourable decisions.
With the enactment of the contested legislation (section 1 paragraph 55 of Law no. 243/04), the less favourable equalisation mechanism was considered applicable also to persons retired before 31 December 1990, such as the applicants, notwithstanding pending judicial proceedings. Their claims were therefore dismissed either at the appeal stage (applications nos. 50926/09, 52953/09, 52974/09, 56146/10) or by the Court of Cassation (applications nos. 7480/10 and 12787/10).
The applicants complain that section 1 paragraph 55 of Law no. 243/04 constituted a legislative interference with their pending proceedings, in breach of Article 6 of the Convention.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
Did the applicants listed in the appended table have a fair hearing in the determination of their civil rights and obligations, in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention?
In particular, was there interference by the legislature with the administration of justice designed to influence the judicial determination of a dispute?
If so, was the interference based on compelling grounds of general interest?
Lastly, was the interference compatible with the principles of legal certainty (see Arras and Others v. Italy, no. 17972/07, 14 February 2012; Natale and Others v. Italy, no. 19264/07, 15 October 2013; and Casacchia and Others v. Italy, nos. 23658/07 and 2 others, 15 October 2013)?
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Represented by
1.
50926/09
Galbo and Ilardo v. Italy
11/09/2009
Maria GALBO
1933
Giovanna Olga ILARDO
1937
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
2.
52953/09
Mussolin and Others v. Italy
21/09/2009
Vittorio MUSSOLIN
1930
Mariano MELIA
1935
Giuseppe CORRAO
Born in 1935
Deceased in 2018
Heir
Gaspare LI VIGNI
1971
Andrea COSTANZO
Born in 1927
Deceased in 2014
Heirs
Angela GIALLOMBARDO
1938
Maurizio COSTANZO
1965
Fabio COSTANZO
1967
Maria COSTANZO
1967
Matteo DOMINICI
Born in 1927
Deceased in 2016
Heirs
Marianna MUSCO
1928
Remo DOMINICI
1957
Antonietta DOMINICI
1961
Maria DOMINICI
1964
Maria Gabriella GAGLIANO
1934
Susanna MARCHELLO
1928
Fabio MAZZOLA
1942
Rosario PALACINO
Born in 1926
Deceased in 2017
Heirs
Alessandro PALACINO
1955
Fabio PALACINO
1959
Francesca MAZZOLA
1939
Gianfranco LO CASCIO
1950
Giovanni SAVAGNONE
Born in 1922
Deceased in 2019
Heirs
Francesca SAVAGNONE
1955
Gabriele COFFARO
1984
Alberto COSCARELLA
1932
Maria DI LEONARDO
1928
Eugenio VOLPES
1925
Angela DI LIBERTI
1924
Maria Concetta RUMBOLO
1927
Rosario MAISANO
1941
Cristoforo SIRAGUSA
Born in 1930
Deceased in 2017
Heirs
Daniela Maria GIOIA
1941
Alessandro SIRAGUSA
1964
Gianluigi SIRAGUSA
1967
Maria NASO
1934
Marianna DE LISI
1938
Vincenzo NALBONE
1926
Mario PANDOLFINI
1928
Carmelo MARSALA
1928
Giovanni CANNIZZO
1927
Giuseppe MORELLO
1936
Filippa VARIA
1935
Vita PANCIERA
1924
Aldo LA MATTINA
1932
Pietro MONFORTE
1938
Gilda SAVERINO
1933
Giuseppe SESTA
1941
Rosa SAITO
1939
Angela Maria CIMINO
1936
Giuseppe GARITTA
1932
Anna CASALES
1923
Rosaria MONACO
1925
Calogero VIOLA
1922
Francesco Paolo MORELLO
Born in 1929
Deceased in 2018
Heirs
Iolanda MORELLO
1959
Salvatore MORELLO
1964
Alessandro LO CICERO
1979
Alice LO CICERO
1980
Giuseppina GOTTARDO
1933
Gloria FIGÀ
1939
Alfonso RICCIARDI
1938
Elena MARTORANA
1925
Danila NAVARRA
1947
Elisabetta DI CARO
1930
Nicolò PONTE
1936
Liliana BACCELLI
1937
Rossella CAPIZZI
1954
Carlo ISGRÒ
1923
Ignazio MICCICHÈ
1934
Cristofaro DERETTA
1929
Mario LIPARI
1929
Alberto EULISSE
1935
Clara BADALAMENTI
1933
Vincenzo LIGUORI
1938
Umberto VASTA
1938
Giuseppe CARUANA
1926
Gaetano MESSINA
1930
Concetta CONSAGRA
1920
Leopoldo ZITO
1934
Margherita BILLECI
Born in 1921
Deceased in 2017
Heir
Gaetano Zappia
1955
Emanuele Vittorio VITALE
1934
Emilio PRESTIANNI
1929
Nicolo’ MAIA
1922
Carlo POLLACCI
1922
Giovanni GUCCIONE
Born in 1939
Deceased in 2017
Heirs
Maria Giuseppina MESSINA
1945
Francesca GUCCIONE
1964
Fabrizio GUCCIONE
1966
Gianluca GUCCIONE
1969
Iole GUCCIONE
1974
Francesco SANSONE
1926
Anna PICCIOTTO
1946
Sabato BRUNO
Born in 1923
Deceased in 2012
Heirs
Anna JESU
1930
Marisa Paola BRUNO
1952
Paola Anna Maria BRUNO
1955
Marco Antonio Maria BRUNO
1959
Luca Maria Paolo BRUNO
1964
Anna Maria BRUNO
1971
Anna BRUNO
1974
Italo RICEVUTI
Born in 1927
Deceased in 2018
Heirs
Francesca Paola LUGARO
1933
Vittorio RICEVUTI
1953
Angelo RICEVUTI
1958
Alessandra RICEVUTI
1968
Francesco MANNO
Born in 1931
Deceased in 2009
Heirs
Salvatore MANNO
1963
Fabrizio MANNO
1965
Antonietta PIZZO
1935
Sergio ZOCCO
1926
Michela DI GREGORIO
1948
Alessandro MANISCALCO
1941
Salvatore MIRABELLA
Born in 1930
Deceased in 2016
Heir
Rosa Maria CONTISSA
1939
Giovanni SFAMENI
1925
Antonino MAZZONI
1930
Lorenzo PANTANO
1929
Gustavo REZZOAGLI
1935
Emilio MASSAIA
Born in 1928
Deceased in 2018
Heirs
Cristina MASSAIA
1962
Luigi CACACE
1936
Antonino RIZZO
1935
Carlo PERHAVEC
1923
Angela BISIGNANO
1925
Household
Antonino CERTA
1945
Luigi CERTA
1946
Angela CERTA
1954
Elena MONTEROSSO
1931
Rosalia VENUTI
Born in 1923
Deceased in 2012
Heirs
Benedetto LENTINI
1947
Giuseppina LENTINI
1959
Benedetto PLATANIA
1922
Pietra LA NOVARA
1931
Domenico NAPOLI
1917
Anna NAGAR
1916
Mario Benedetto TOSCANO
1940
Gabriella MOCCHEGIANI
1946
Renato FOTI
1930
Pietro SCHIMICCI
Born in 1926
Deceased in 2018
Heirs
Rosa SCHIMICCI
1951
Maria Daniela SCHIMICCI
1953
Gioacchina NAPOLI
1943
Giuseppe GRUTTADAURIA
1925
Rosa SAVELLI
1926
Rossella DELUCCHI
1953
Rosalia NAGAR
1918
Aldo PATRIARCA
Born in 1927
Deceased in 2012
Heirs
Silvia PATRIARCA
1955
Maria Claudia PATRIARCA
1958
Stefano
PATRIARCA
1960
Giuseppe OTTAVIANO
1942
Antonina ZAPPULLA
1934
Maria ZORAT
1932
Household
Anna Maria VITAGLIANO
1949
Francesco Paolo VITAGLIANO
1951
Carmela D’ANGELO
1953
Bice CALDERONE
1927
Household
Francesco FALGARES
1940
Guido FALGARES
1941
Vincenza FERRARA
1927
Giovanni FULCI
1926
Chiara SALUTO
1927
Salvatore TRICOLI
Born in 1927
Deceased in 2013
Heirs
Silvana TRICOLI
1953
Antonio TRICOLI
1955
Matteo TRICOLI
1959
Francesca VILLASEVAGLIOS
1964
Agata MORELLO
1927
Matilde MANZELLA
1930
Giovanna OCCHIPINTI
1937
Giuseppe FARINA
1925
Luigi BELLADONE
1925
Rachela ASARO
1919
Giuseppa MIRITELLO
1934
Giuseppa ROMANO
1944
Adelinda GIANNI
1930
Attilio ROSSI
1925
Francesco SCOTTO
1927
Maria Zoe TESAURO
Born in 1913
Deceased in 2017
Heirs
Giusi ATTINELLI
1942
Simonetta ATTINELLI
1950
Rita Maria MASTROIANNI
1953
Concettina GIGANTI
1927
Claudio DELFINO
1957
Maria LACAGNINA
1925
Household
Domenica AREZZO
1945
Giorgio AREZZO
1949
Salvatore AREZZO
1949
Salvatrice EREMIA
1929
Rosalia MODICA
1941
Household
Maria Ada MANGANIELLO
1947
Carola Bella MANGANIELLO
1989
Guido GALANTE
1951
Goffredo ZANCHI
1920
Salvatore SCARSO
1921
Filippo ARGENTO
1928
Giovanni TOSCANO
1931
Calogero CANNAROZZO
Born in 1927
Deceased in 2019
Heirs
Filippa BRUCCOLERI
1929
Maurizio CANNAROZZO
Antonella CANNAROZZO
Piero Paolo CANNAROZZO
1963
Giuseppe QUATTROCCHI
1926
Antonino GIORDANO
Born in 1916
Deceased in 2010
Heirs
Anna Maria GIORDANO
1954
Esmeralda GIORDANO
1956
Desiree GIORDANO
1958
Claudio PENNISI
1932
Mirka PROCIDA
1948
Antonino LA LUMIA
1933
Maria ARENA
Born in 1938
Deceased in 2017
Heirs
Linda GIANDINOTO
1972
Oscar GIANDINOTO
1980
Giulio POLIZZOTTI
1924
Ugo SCHIAVO
Born in 1922
Deceased in 2014
Heirs
Maria Grazia RIBAUDO
1929
Vittorio SCHIAVO
1955
Antonino BELFIORE
1924
Rosalia BARONE
1953
Maria Luisa CORMACI
1932
Mauro Augusto AGNELLO
1939
Milena CALONACI
1931
Annamaria MELLO
1934
Maria BUCCHERI
Born in 1921
Deceased in 2014
Heir
Antonia Wanda LO CASCIO
1942
Stefano MARCHESE
1932
Felicita’ MORONI
1920
Concetta Maria MIGLIAZZO
1960
Giulia CHIMENTI
1929
Guido QUINTAVALLE
1958
Rita TRAPANI
1958
Gerardo ALFANO
1934
Nadia ASSAL
1939
Angela MESSINA
1933
Ivana ORLANDI
1947
Giuseppe MESSINA
1940
Liuba DEL BOSCO
1940
Maria Paola BATTAGLINI
1924
Giovanna Iole VERSO
1930
Oreste GARAFFA
1917
Rosina CHESSARI
1929
Antonina CELIA
1927
Giovanni MALLO
1923
Rosalia NICOLAO
1953
Luisa VANNINI
1935
Anna Maria DELL’AIRA
1937
Ida FRASCA
1927
Maria Teresa DE FINIS
1934
Francesco IACOLINO
1956
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
3.
52974/09
Militello and Others v. Italy
22/09/2009
Salvatore MILITELLO
1927
Antonina FONTE
1937
Silvana GAROFALO
1952
Benito Lorenzo GERARDI
Born in 1935
Deceased in 2019
Heirs
Rosa Maria Angela INGRASSIA
1941
Pietro Natale GERARDI
1964
Giuseppa Maria GERARDI
1970
Raffaello RAGAIOLO
1942
Girolamo PULINO
1933
Anna MENDOLA
1930
Giuseppe CURSERI
1935
Pasquale MAMMINA
1927
Salvatore TRAINA
1929
Brizio PASCALI
Born in 1927
Deceased in 2018
Heirs
Gabriella PASCALI
1961
Paolo PASCALI
1963
Edoardo MISTRETTA
1927
Giuseppe PETTONATI
1931
Antonino INTRAVAIA
1929
Carmelo LA TERRA
1929
Marianna RUGGIRELLO
1941
Maria TAMARO
1939
Maria Rosa MONTANTE
1936
Elsa ATTARD
1930
Umberto INSINGA
Born in 1931
Deceased in 2012
Heir
Mauro INSINGA
1959
Alessandro DE LUCA
1929
Domenico LOMBARDO
Born in 1926
Deceased in 2013
Heirs
Salvatore LOMBARDO
1963
Grazia Maria Giovanna Rita LOMBARDO
1970
Nicolò SAVIO
1930
Giuseppe DIMARTINO
1930
Giuseppa ZANGARA
1935
Maria DAVID
1927
Panfilo MARRAMA
1938
Francesco NUCCIO
1936
Giuseppe FERRO
1942
Angelo PACE
1933
Giovanni ROMANO
1937
Baldassare CONTICELLO
Born in 1930
Deceased in 2010
Heirs
Maria Stella PRESTER
1941
Ermelinda CONTICELLO
1961
Vincenzo CONTICELLO
1965
Calcedonio CALLEA
Born in 1930
Deceased in 2017
Heirs
Grazia Maria CALLEA
1958
Roberta CALLEA
1963
Maria SAVALLI
1928
Luigi MANCUSO
1927
Elisa SCOTTI
1951
Elena FAVAZZA
1939
Vittorio BORELLI
Born in 1942
Deceased in 2019
Heirs
Carla ZAMBONI
1941
Riccardo BORELLI
1972
Marcella CARRELLI
1933
Antonietta DE BENEDICTIS DE LEO
1949
Luisa Cinzia TODESCHINI
1951
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
4.
7480/10
Piccione and Others v. Italy
15/01/2010
Italo PICCIONE
1927
Household
Maria CURTO
1933
Massimo CIRIMINNA
1963
Maurizio CIRIMINNA
1968
Carlo PASQUINI
1936
Household
Fabrizio FIORUCCI
1963
Massimiliano FIORUCCI
1968
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
5.
12787/10
Gazziano and Others v. Italy
20/01/2010
Paolino GAZZIANO
1929
Stefania MAVARO
1941
Salvatore Antonio BATTAGLIA
1924
Household
Maria SCUTO
1931
Daniela NOVARINO
1954
Gianfranco NOVARINO
1958
Anthea MURESU
1935
Household
Fabrizio FIORUCCI
1963
Massimiliano FIORUCCI
1968
Giuseppe MACALUSO
1926
Valeria SCADUTO
Born in 1925
Deceased in 2011
Heirs
Alessandra SOTTILE
1955
Marta SOTTILE
1958
Domitilla SOTTILE
1963
Eugenio Pompeo GAVEGLIA
Born in 1932
Deceased in 2014
Heirs
Adalgisa LEONE
1936
Flavia GAVEGLIA
1962
Donatella GAVEGLIA
1967
Eupremio BONATESTA
1916
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
6.
56146/10
Marletta v. Italy
21/09/2010
Maurizio MARLETTA
1952