WOLTER AND SARFERT v. GERMANY - 59752/13 (Judgment : Struck out of the list (-1-b - Matter resolved))

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 � 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

��������� Erik M�se, President, ��������� Angelika Nu�berger, ��������� Nona Tsotsoria, ��������� Yonko Grozev, ��������� S�ofra O�Leary, ��������� Mārtiņ� Mits, ��������� Lәtif H�seynov, judges, and Milan Bla�ko, Deputy Section Registrar,

The case originated in two applications (nos. 59752/13 and 66277/13) against the Federal Republic of Germany lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) by two German nationals, Mr Rolf Wolter (�the first applicant�) and Mr J�rgen Sarfert (�the second applicant�), on 18 September 2013 and 11 October 2013 respectively.

Under Article 41 of the Convention the applicants sought just satisfaction. The Court awarded the first applicant 5,000 euros (EUR), plus any tax that may be chargeable to him, in respect of costs and expenses and dismissed the remainder of his claims for just satisfaction. The second applicant claimed EUR 50,000 in respect of pecuniary damage, corresponding to the estimated value of his share of the estate had he been a statutory heir, EUR 15,000 in compensation for non-pecuniary damage and EUR 42,409.51 in respect of costs and expenses.