The District Court of Ravensburg - 2nd criminal division - affirmed the exemption from punishment for transmitting sporting bets by its decision of 29 August 2006 (case-no. 2 Qs 89/06). It thereby rejected an appeal by the Public Attorney's office against the decision of the County Court of Ravensburg of 6 June 2006 (case-no. Ds 36 Js 21918/04), which had not allowed to open criminal proceedings against an agent transferring sporting bets to a bookmaker licensed in Austria. The District Court referred to the fundamental decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of 28 March 2006, which established the current legal situation?s violation of constitutional law, and explicates: