Pocatello Hosp., LLC v. Corizon LLC (In Re Decision on Joint Motion to Certify Question of Law to the Idaho Supreme Court)

BURDICK, Chief Justice.

This case arrives at the Idaho Supreme Court as a certified question of law from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. The question certified is "[w]hether, for purposes of the dispute in this lawsuit, the terms 'state board of correction' as used in Idaho Code § 20 -237B(1) and 'department of correction' as used in Idaho Code § 20 -237B(2), include privatized correctional medical providers under contract with the Idaho Department of Correction." We answer the question certified in the negative.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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