Allstate Insurance Company v. Gregory V. Serio

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• thoroughly discussing the importance of the policy, also emphasized by the Supreme Court, that federal courts avoid constitutional issues whenever possible
• certification 13 appropriate where a state court’s interpretation of a state statute might avoid 14 federal constitutional questions
• “It is axiomatic that the federal courts should, where possible, avoid reaching constitutional questions.”
• “It is axiomatic that the federal courts should, where possible, avoid reaching constitutional questions.”
• “It is axiomatic that the federal courts should, where possible, avoid reaching constitutional questions.”
• “It is axiomatic that the federal courts should, where possible, avoid reaching constitutional questions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).