Whether a federal court should certify an issue of state law to the highest state court

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether a federal court of appeals in a case based on diversity jurisdiction should certify an issue of state law to the highest court of that state when the federal court is divided on that dispositive state law issue, including whether this Court should remand for the court of appeals to certify an issue of Virginia common law regarding contract formation to Supreme Court of Virginia, as this Court similarly did for unsettled questions of state law in Lehman Bros. v. Schein, 416 U.S. 386 (1974). ii RULE 14.1(b) STATEMENT The list of all