Information Note on the Court’s case-law No.
November-December 1991
Macaluso v. Italy - 12922/87
Judgment 3.12.1991
Article 37
Article 37-1
Striking out applications
Article 37-1-a
Absence of intention to pursue petition
Length of civil proceedings: struck out
[This summary is extracted from the Court’s official reports (Series A or Reports of Judgments and Decisions). Its formatting and structure may therefore differ from the Case-Law Information Note summaries. It also covers the judgment in the case of Manunza v. Italy, 13037/87, 3 December 1991.]
Applicants' deaths, followed by silence of their heirs, who showed no interest in the proceedings pending before the Court: "fact of a kind to provide a solution of the matter". No reason of ordre public (public policy) for continuing the proceedings.
Conclusion: cases ordered to be struck out of the list (unanimously).
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