Judge Sri Srinivasan, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. December 14, 2017. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM 'Courts Do Get It Wrong': Legal Experts Discuss State-Law Certification Pros and Cons
"Certification sounds great in theory, but doesn't always work efficiently in practice," said Vikram David Amar, a professor of law at the University of California, Davis. "It doesn't always generate the clear answer that the federal court is looking for."
August 19, 2024 at 01:32 PM
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What You Need to Know
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has once again asked the D.C. Court of Appeals to answer a long-unsettled certified question on personal jurisdiction.
- Federal courts can avoid making the wrong legal prediction by certifying state-law questions to the statewide court of last resort.
- Legal experts recognize certification of state-law questions has its pros and cons.
A pro se complaint dismissed by U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich in 2021 for lack of personal jurisdiction has puzzled Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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