Legal Opinion
In Re Richards
District Court, D. Maine
Decided April 15, 1966No. BK-63-1324, BK-63-1325PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIGNOUX, District Judge.
The Trustee has moved for reconsideration of the Court’s order of January 28, 1966, in which the Court ordered the certification of questions of Maine law to the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, as provided for in the Maine Certification Statute, 4 M.R.S.A. § 57, as amended, and Rule 76B of the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure. The sole ground of the Trustee’s motion is that, in the absence of federal enabling legislation, a United States District Court lacks the “power” to utilize the procedures made available to it by a state certification statute to secure an…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical ExaminersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of ThibodauxSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Harrison v. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored PeopleSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Clay v. Sun Ins. Office Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Edwin Green, Jr., as Administrator of the Estate of Edwin Green, Deceased, and Mary Green v. American Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by5 opinions
- Lovell v. One BancorpDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1988
- Seabury Housing Associates v. Home InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1988
- Custom Built Homes v. Hampton Management Corp.District Court, D. Maine · 1988
- In Re Malden Mills, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1984
- Commonwealth ex rel. Specter v. BauerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970