COSTA AND OTHERS v. ITALY and 13 other applications
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Document date: August 29, 2022
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Published on 19 September 2022
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 12782/10 Salvatore COSTA and Others against Italy and 13 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 Napoli. 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 Napoli 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 Napoli 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 on appeal and by the Court of Cassation.
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.
12782/10
Costa and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Salvatore COSTA 1951 Giovanni D AMORE 1935 Maria Rosaria DURANTE 1945 Alfredo DALIA 1922
Household Valeria Virginia ENDRIGO 1957 Emma ENDRIGO 1960 Paolo DI CICCO 1944
Household Rita SELVAGGI 1959 Elena SELVAGGI 1965
Household Anna CASTANA 1931
Roberta DI LELIO 1958 Paola DI LELIO 1963 Marco DI LELIO 1963 Giuseppe DELFINO 1923
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
2.
12783/10
Bianco and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Antonio BIANCO 1931 Giovanni BOLLA 1951 Francesco BOSCIA 1940 Andrea CARNEMOLLA 1939 Ornella BERTOLDINI 1945 Alessandro CIULLO 1953 Gaetano AMODEO 1931
Household
Gloria BRUNO 1929 Olina CAPOLINO 1955 Ester CAPOLINO 1958 Luciana CAPOLINO 1964 Maria Rosaria CAPOLINO 1965
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
3.
12784/10
Moccia Dello Ioio and Others v. Italy
18/12/2009
Household
Cira MOCCIA DELLO IOIO 1925 Filomena MOCCIA 1958 Federico MOCCIA 1961
Annamaria IMPROTA 1951
Francesco LEONETTI 1929 Maria GRIMALDI 1937 Silvana FUSARO 1934 Annabella MINETTI 1944
Rosa GIARDULLI 1934 Griselda GUIDOTTI 1933 Angelo LEONI 1948 Household
Fiorentina BIANCO Born in 1920 Deceased in 2016 Giovanni LESSONE 1948 Loredana LESSONE 1950 Giuseppa LESSONE 1953 Anna LESSONE 1955 Bruno LESSONE 1958
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
4.
12785/10
Sardella and Others v. Italy
16/12/2009
Gaetano SARDELLA Born in 1922
Deceased in 2017
Heirs
Flavia SARDELLA
1955Walter SARDELLA
1966Raimonda SERPI 1932 Antonietta D AMBROSIO 1928 Claudio LUNELLI 1937
Household Maria LOTITO Born in 1925
Deceased in 2014
Vitantonio TARANTINI 1952 Giuseppe TARANTINI 1954
Angela Maria TARANTINI 1956 Elsa VEGNI Born in 1919
Deceased in 2018
Heir
Marta CAPPELLI
1947Maria STELLA Born in 1930
Deceased in 2012
Heirs
Roberto DODARO
1957Gianfranco DODARO
1962Household Anna ARDITO Born in 1923
Deceased in 2016 Federico SCHIRINZI 1945
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
5.
12786/10
Spaziano and Others v. Italy
20/01/2010
Household
Elisabetta SPAZIANO 1925 Maurizio ROMANO 1949 Maria Grazia ROMANO 1962 Luigi PES 1936
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
6.
12788/10
Alfani and Others v. Italy
11/01/2010
Household
Teresa ALFANI 1952 Luigi ALFANI 1953 Wladimiro ALFANO 1942 Giovanni ALFERJ 1936
Giovanna ALIBERTI 1943 Romano AMOROSO 1942 Household
Maria BAGGI 1937 Giuseppe BAGGI 1940
Angiola BAGGI 1946 Claudio BALDINI 1944 Household Giuseppina BRUSINELLI 1938 Maurizio GULLETTA 1960 Luciano GULLETTA 1966
Household Paola CANGIANO 1960 Giorgio CANGIANO 1963 Vincenzo CARBOTTI 1946
Household Elge CHIRICO 1939 Luigi CHIRICO 1942 Francesco COCOZZA 1940 Silvio COTTICELLI 1939
Household Michelina DE LEO 1945
Roberto DE LEO 1947 Vincenzo DE LEO 1950 Alfonso DE LEO 1955
Household Vincenza GIACOMANTONIO 1936 Valentina DEL VECCHIO 1972 Walter DE SANTIS 1935 Irma DI FABBIO 1925 Amalia DI FERDINANDO 1923
Vittorio FANUELE 1934
Household Maria Gabriella GIOVANNETTI 1958 Giorgio GIOVANNETTI 1962
Antonio Vincenzo GRIGNOLI 1932
Household Silvana BONORA 1938 Floriana MAZZEO 1967 Valeria MAZZEO 1969
Giovanni MEGALE Born in 1935
Deceased in 2011
Heirs
Pia Rosa DE ANGELIS
1942Gaetano MEGALE
1963Cristiana MEGALE
1966Valeria MEGALE
1976 Luigi MILONE 1942
Antonio NOTARDONATO 1937 Mirella ORLANDINI 1928
Household Elena PALLADINO 1943 Filomena PALLADINO 1945 Rosanna PALLADINO 1949 Maria Teresa PALLADINO Born in 1925
Deceased in 2013
Heirs
Maurizio FIORILLI
1953Filomena FIORILLI
1956Claudio FIORILLI
1963Pier Luigi PETROVICH 1937 Silvana RICCHIARDI Born in 1922
Deceased in 2014
Heir
Emanuela TOMASSETTI
1954 Romano SABATELLI 1937 Angelo SACCON
1925 Pasquale SANGINARIO 1939 Enrico SANTOMAURO 1941 Andrea SOTTILE Born in 1937
Deceased in 2017
Heirs
Carla SOTTILE 1968
Alberto SOTTILE
1971Mauro SOTTILE
1973 Francesco TIPO Born in 1923
Deceased in 2011
Heirs
Luciana TIPO
1947Luigi TIPO
1949Silvana TIPO
1951Sonia TIPO
1953Brunella TIPO
1957Ivan TIPO
1958Dario TIPO
1960Silvano TRISTANO 1933 Delio VILLANIS Born in 1920
Deceased in 2016
Heirs
Maria Rosaria VILLANIS
1952Giuseppe VILLANIS
1953Pierpaolo ZANNI 1937 Household
Patrizia ZANONI 1953
Giovanni ZANONI 1954 Household Ersilia CALVANESE 1947
Patrizia CALVANESE 1953
Attilio CALVANESE 1956 Antongiulio CALVANESE 1959
Assunta NOVI Born in 1927
Deceased in 2014
Heirs
Anna IODICE
1951Maria Luisa IODICE
1954Teresa IODICE
1955Raffaele IODICE
1957Elio IANNANTUONO 1938 Sergio GERARDI 1936
Maria Grazia DE GIORGIO 1944
Cornelia ALLEVA 1918
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
7.
12789/10
Magosso and Others v. Italy
11/01/2010
Household
Palmira ROSSI 1924
Adino Cristiano MAGOSSO 1947
Massimo MAGOSSO
1950 Household
Laura QUARANTA
1926Paolo PALLADINO 1961 Anna CUOCO 1942
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
8.
12790/10
Mattu and Others v. Italy
11/01/2010
Antonello MATTU Born in 1921
Deceased in 2015
Heirs
Maria Giovanna PIETRI
1924Anna MATTU
1961Angela MATTU
1962 Mario IEZZI 1921 Maurizio BOLZONELLO 1943 Clara CARLON 1948 Valerio RAGUSA 1938
Household Maria Bruna TRIVELLATO 1932 Maria Antonietta LANCIA 1962 Alessandro LANCIA 1963 Guido SARTORI 1923 Maria Luisa SORRENTINO 1946
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
9.
12791/10
Carta and Others v. Italy
11/01/2010
Leonardo Romano CARTA 1943 Alessio GUGLIELMI 1936 Maria Enrichetta FALCONI 1927
Vinicio CABRAS 1941
Household Vincenzina GAIAS 1924 Gabriella Elena Giovanna MORGHEN 1947 Giuseppe MORGHEN 1956
Goffredo MAMELI Born in 1920
Deceased in 2012
Heirs
Luciana MAMELI
1950Maria Luisa MAMELI
1956Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
10.
12792/10
Matacena and Others v. Italy
11/01/2010
Francesco MATACENA 1949 Franco FEZZI 1937 Giuseppe GAUDINO 1940 Giuseppe CARRUS 1940 Domenico CATALDO 1937
Household Sandro SCHIANO DI ZENISE 1967 Giulia SCHIANO DI ZENISE 1969 Giovanni DE MARCO 1938
Household Concetta CATONE 1962
Ester CATONE 1968 Francesco CALABRESU 1937 Maria Lucia LUCCI 1952
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
11.
12793/10
Mainiero v. Italy
11/01/2010
Liberato MAINIERO 1949
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
12.
12794/10
Nugnes and Others v. Italy
11/01/2010
Household
Costanza PALMIOTTI 1937
Sergio NUGNES 1967 Salvatore NUGNES 1971
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
13.
12795/10
Calavena and Others v. Italy
11/01/2010
Antonio Raffaele CALAVENA 1943 Arturo D’URSO 1936
Camillo CATALANO 1945 Ferdinando FIORE 1938 Carlo Aldo DI CATERINA 1949 Francesco BRUNI 1936
Household
Angiola PESIRI 1946
Matilde DELL’ERARIO 1972
Nicola IRACE Born in 1941
Deceased in 2018
Heirs
Liberata NANNI
1951Francesco IRACE
1983Fabrizio IRACE
1985Giovanni FORNI 1943 Elisa Maria ELIA 1953
Household
Lucia CASO 1944 Maria BARBATO 1969 Paola BARBATO 1974 Rosa FERRANTE 1948
Luca GALDO 1940 Vincenzo IEMMELLO 1936
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO
14.
15290/10
Conte v. Italy
10/03/2010
Anna CONTE 1930
Avv. Giuseppe FERRARO