Pino v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “the federal character of our judicial system” recognizes that matters of state law should first be decided by state courts when possible, not federal courts
• indicating that certification is a discretionary case-management device
• “Under [Tenth Circuit] jurisprudence, we will not certify every ‘arguably unsettled question of state law [that] comes across our desks.’”
• “While we apply judgment and restraint before certifying, however, we will nonetheless employ the device in circumstances where the question before us (1) may be determinative of the case at hand and (2
• certification appropriate for questions that “may be determinative of the case at hand
• “Under our own federal jurisprudence, we will not trouble our sister state courts every time an arguably unsettled question of state law comes across our desks. When we see a reasonably clear and principled course, we will seek to follow it ourselves.”

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