Unreasoned dismissal of complaint against non-admission of revision in civil proceedings

The BGH 7. Civil Senate dismissed the plaintiff's complaint against the non-admission of a revision appeal, thereby leaving the decision of the Higher Regional Court of Cologne, which had denied leave to appeal, in force; consequently, the plaintiff is liable for the costs of the complaint proceedings and the matter concludes at the appellate level. The dispute, valued at €839,652.10, involved a civil case where the plaintiff sought to challenge the lower court's ruling through the highest court, but the petition failed to meet the necessary thresholds for further review. The court explicitly declined to provide a written rationale for the dismissal, applying the provision that allows for an unreasoned order when such a decision does not contribute to clarifying the prerequisites for admitting a revision under § 544(6) sentence 2, second half-sentence of the Code of Civil Procedure (ZPO).