Rule 11.01 Generally
Rule 11. Certification of Questions of Law
Rule Text
The Supreme Court may answer questions of law certified to it by a federal court, the chancery court, or a state district court, and a district court may answer questions of law certified to it by a circuit court, municipal court or an administrative agency, if there is involved in any proceeding before the certifying court or agency a question of law which may be determinative of the cause then pending in the certifying court or agency and concerning which it appears there is no controlling precedent in the decisions of the Supreme Court. Any decision rendered by a district court under this section may be reviewed by the Supreme Court only through the provisions for writ of review, Rule 13.
Amendment history: Amended May 4, 2001, effective September 1, 2001amended December 11, 2024, effective March 1, 2025; amended December 2, 2002, effective January 6, 2003; amended October 12, 2021, effective January 1, 2022.