Hartford Insurance v. Cline

CERTIFICATION OF QUESTION OF STATE LAW

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Under Tenth Circuit Rule 27.1 the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit submits to the Supreme Court of New Mexico a request that the court exercise its discretion under N.M. Stat. Ann. § 39-7-1 et seq. (1978), to accept the following certified question of New Mexico law:

Is excluding domestic partners from the definition of family member in an automobile-insurance policy invalid as contrary to the public policy of the state of New Mexico?

The answer to this question may be determinative of this case now pending in this…