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Conn. Practice Book § 82-8

Certification of Questions to Other Courts

activein force · 2006-01-01 – presentact-effective-date

The Supreme Court, on its own motion or

motion of a party, may certify a question of law

to the highest court of another state, as defined

in General Statutes § 51-199b, or to the highest

court of a tribe of Native Americans recognized

by federal law if the pending cause involves a

question to be decided under the law of the other

jurisdiction; the answer to the question may be

determinative of an issue in the pending cause;

and the question is one for which no answer is

provided by a controlling appellate decision, constitutional provision, or statute of the other juris -

diction. The procedures for certification from the

Supreme Court to the receiving court shall be

those provided in the statutes or rules of the

receiving court.

History

(Adopted Feb. 1, 2005, to take effect Jan. 1, 2006.)

Provenance

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