Joseph Boardman and Henry Boardman v. United Services Automobile Association

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents important issues of modern choice of law principles which are particularly appropriate for resolution by the Mississippi Supreme Court. Broadly speaking, at issue is what relative weight a Mississippi court would give — employing the Mississippi “center of gravity” test — to the choice of law principles in § 6, 188, and 193 of the Restatement (Second) of Conflicts.

Following our usual practice, we requested that the parties submit a proposed agreed certificate of-the issues for decision. Commendably, they have reached full agreement. Since we…