federalism-interests

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-263 Cheri Poe v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Ninth Circuit 2025-09-08 Denied Response Waived circuit-split erie-doctrine federalism-interests judicial-discretion state-law-certification supplemental-jurisdiction 1. When a federal court considers whether to certify a state law issue to a state high court, what factors, including federalism interests, bear on th…
24-1225 LaWanda D. Small v. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, a Minnesota Corporation Ninth Circuit 2025-06-02 Denied Response Waived appellate-review certification-standard federalism-interests judicial-procedure ninth-circuit state-law-certification Whether a federal court must consider federalism interests when asked to certify important and unresolved questions of state law