Luther Craig Smith v. Fcx, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• suggesting that it was inappropriate for party to request certification of issue to state supreme court where that party\sought and received a federal court's interpretation of state law\
• determining certification was unnecessary since there was ample state precedent to guide the federal court as to the answer the state court would provide
• “Ordinary principles of judicial economy and efficiency also caution against casually granting motions for certification of questions to the appropriate state court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).