Court Opinion

ID: 9796768
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 04:04:31.990918+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:51:32.002825
License: Public Domain

OPALA, J.,
dissenting
¶ 1 I recede from the court's refusal to answer the questions certified to it by a federal court. Instead of declining to act, as the court does today, I would first inquire how the certifying court will resolve the federal-law issues that must be decided in advance of our answers. This is so because the federal court's resolutions of these questions will determine whether any state-law issues need be reached. If all of the state-law questions should stand eliminated, the certification could be withdrawn, but if some of them should retain viability, then an amended certification might be expected.