Joseph Boardman and Henry Boardman v. United Services Automobile Association

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This diversity case presents questions of Mississippi law on which Mississippi should have the final answer and for which Mississippi affords the means to obtain that answer. Guided by the great principles of federalism, we defer decision and certify decisive questions to the Supreme Court of Mississippi, 1 pursuant to its Rule 46, adopted August 1, 1980.

Our problem — choice of law, Mississippi or Nebraska — arises out of the following situation. Plaintiff-Appellant Joseph Boardman, age 19, was a student in Mississippi during the 1978-79 school term. During the…