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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

will  return  it  with  a  letter  indicating  the  deﬁciency.  If  a 
corrected jurisdictional statement is submitted in accordance 
with  Rule  29.2  no  more  than  60  days  after  the  date  of  the 
Clerk’s letter, it will be deemed timely. 

Rule 19.  Procedure on a Certiﬁed Question 

1.  A  United  States  court  of  appeals  may  certify  to  this 
Court  a  question  or  proposition  of  law  on  which  it  seeks  in­
struction  for  the  proper  decision  of  a  case.  The  certiﬁcate 
shall  contain  a  statement  of  the  nature  of  the  case  and  the 
facts  on  which  the  question  or  proposition  of  law  arises. 
Only  questions  or  propositions  of  law  may  be  certiﬁed,  and 
they shall be stated separately and with precision.  The cer­
tiﬁcate shall  be prepared  as required by  Rule 33.2  and shall 
be signed by the clerk of the court of appeals. 

2.  When  a  question  is  certiﬁed  by  a  United  States  court 
of  appeals,  this  Court,  on  its  own  motion  or  that  of  a  party, 
may  consider  and  decide  the  entire  matter  in  controversy. 
See 28 U. S. C. § 1254(2). 

3.  When  a  question  is  certiﬁed,  the  Clerk  will  notify  the 
parties  and docket  the  case.  Counsel shall  then enter  their 
appearances.  After  docketing,  the  Clerk  will  submit  the 
certiﬁcate to the Court for a preliminary examination to de­
termine  whether  the  case  should  be  briefed,  set  for  argu­
ment, or dismissed.  No brief may be ﬁled until the prelimi­
nary examination of the certiﬁcate is completed. 

4.  If the Court orders the case briefed or set for argument, 
the parties will be notiﬁed and permitted to ﬁle briefs.  The 
Clerk  of  this  Court  then  will  request  the  clerk  of  the  court 
in  possession  of  the  record  to  certify  and  transmit  it.  Any 
portion of the record to which the parties wish to direct the 
Court’s  particular  attention  should  be  printed  in  a  joint  ap­
pendix, prepared in conformity with Rule 26 by the appellant 
or  petitioner  in  the  court  of  appeals,  but  the  fact  that  any 
part of the record has not been printed does not prevent the 
parties or the Court from relying on it. 

5.  A  brief  on  the  merits  in  a  case  involving  a  certiﬁed 
question shall comply with Rules 24, 25, and 33.1, except that