Easthampton Savings Bank v. City of Springfield

How courts have described this case

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

• providing that certification is not appropriate \in cases when 'the course the state court would take is reasonably clear'\ (alterations omitted) (quoting In re Engage, Inc., 544 F.3d 50, 53 (1st Cir. 2008))
• weighing “the dollar amounts involved, the likely effects of a decision on .future cases, and federalism interests” in deciding whether to certify questions
• certifying questions to SJC partly because the outcome of the case “ha[d] the potential to impact thousands of outstanding and future mortgages” across'■ Massachusetts
• certifying questions where “resolution of these issues will have ramifications for thousands more mortgages throughout the Commonwealth”
• certifying question where “[t]he issues of state law will be determinative in this case”
• setting out some additional factors to consider when deciding to certify

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).