L.A.R. Misc. 110.1: Certification of Questions of State Law

When the procedures of the highest court of a state provide for certification to that court by a federal court of questions arising under the laws of that state which will control the outcome of a case pending in the federal court, this court, sua sponte or on motion of a party, may certify such a question to the state court in accordance with the procedures of that court, and will stay the case in this court to await the state court's decision whether to accept the question certified. The certification will be made after the briefs are filed in this court. A motion for certification must be included in the moving party's brief.