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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FI TJ ED 

United Statai~rt of ;.ppe1ll Tenth Ci'.'f:\l\t 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT AUG 2 0 1991 

RUBY M. BOHANNAN, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, 

v. 

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, an 

Illinois corporation. 

Defendant-Appellee. 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

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) No. 87-1544 

) (D.C. No. CIV-86-2060-BT) 

) (W.D. Okla.) 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before MOORE, BARRETT, and ALARCON,** Circuit Judges. 

**The Honorable Arthur L. Alarcon, Circuit Judge for the Ninth 

Circuit, United States Court of Appeals, sitting by designation. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The case is therefore ordered 

This is a diversity case. Resolution of the underlying 

controversy depends on the Oklahoma choice of law rules. 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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Because the decisions of the Oklahoma Supreme Court appeared to 

provide no authoritative interpretation of those rules as they 

apply to the circumstances of this case, we certified the 

controlling question of state law to that court. 

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has now answered the certified 

question. Bohannan v. Allstate, __ P.2d __ (Okla. S. Ct. July 2, 

1991). It has now been authoritatively determined that Oklahoma 

law governs the application and effect of the policy of uninsured 

motorist insurance issued to plaintiff by defendant-appellee in 

California. 

The judgment of the United States District Court for the 

Western District of Oklahoma is VACATED and the matter REMANDED 

for further proceedings consistent with the opinion of the 

Oklahoma Supreme Court. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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