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Fla. Stat. § 25.031 (2025)
Supreme Court authorized to receive and answer certificates as to state law from federal appellate courts.
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25.031 Supreme Court authorized to receive and answer certificates as to state law from federal appellate courts.—The Supreme Court of this state may, by rule of court, provide that, when it shall appear to the Supreme Court of the United States, to any circuit court of appeals of the United States, or to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, that there are involved in any proceeding before it questions or propositions of the laws of this state, which are determinative of the said cause, and there are no clear controlling precedents in the decisions of the Supreme Court of this state, such federal appellate court may certify such questions or propositions of the laws of this state to the Supreme Court of this state for instructions concerning such questions or propositions of state law, which certificate the Supreme Court of this state, by written opinion, may answer.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 92
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1961–2026 · leading case: Greene v. Massey, 384 So. 2d 24 (Fla. 1980).
Greene v. Massey, 384 So. 2d 24 (Fla. 1980). “" See § 25.031, Fla. Stat. (1979), and Fla.R.App.”
Sun Ins. Off., Ltd. v. Clay, 133 So. 2d 735 (Fla. 1961). “We here consider two questions of state law certified by the United States Court of *737 Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to this court for decision as authorized by § 25.”
Greene v. Massey, 437 U.S. 19 (1978). “See Fla. Stat. § 25.031 (1977), Fla. App. Rule 4.”
Mobil Oil Corp. v. Shevin, 354 So. 2d 372 (Fla. 1977). “23098, § 1, Laws of Florida (1945), subsequently reenacted in its present form as § 25.031, Fla. Stat. (1975), by Ch. 57-274, Laws of Florida.”
West v. Caterpillar Tractor Co., Inc., 336 So. 2d 80 (Fla. 1976). “This case is presented on certificate as authorized by Fla. Stat. § 25.031 , F.S.A., and in Rule 4.”
In Interest of DB, 385 So. 2d 83 (Fla. 1980). “§ 25.031, Fla. Stat. (1979); Fla.R. App.P.”
Lehman Bros. v. Schein, 416 U.S. 386 (1974). “The dissenter on the Court of Appeals urged that that court certify the state-law question to the Florida Supreme Court as is provided in Fla. Stat. Ann. § 25.031 *390 and its Appellate Rule 4.”
In Re Elliott, 446 P.2d 347 (Wash. 1968). “031 ) saying, at 741: The real question here is whether § 4 of Revised Article V of our Constitution, adopted in 1956, which delineates the appellate jurisdiction of this court and provides for the issuance by it of named writs, should be construed as prohibiting this court from…”
Life Ins. Co. of Virginia v. Shifflet, 201 So. 2d 715 (Fla. 1967). “The certificate is as follows: "It appearing to the court that there is involved in this case a question or proposition of Florida law which is determinative of this cause, and that there are no clear controlling precedents in the decisions of the Supreme Court of Florida, there…”
Amberboy v. Societe De Banque Privee, 831 S.W.2d 793 (Tex. 1992). “Texas is a comparative newcomer to the interjurisdictional certification process, which originated with an act of the Florida Legislature in 1945, Fla.Stat. § 25.031, and has now been adopted in some form in at least 40 states.”
Dimmitt Chevrolet v. Se. Fid., 636 So. 2d 700 (Fla. 1994). “See also § 25.031, Fla. Stat. (1991); Fla.R.App.P.”
Craig Pittman v. J. Anthony McLain, 267 F.3d 1269 (11th Cir. 2001). “The State of Florida, by providing a procedure for certification of state law issues to the Florida Supreme Court, Fla. Stat. Ann. § 25.031 , has afforded a mechanism whereby these values can be given due protection while avoiding the substantial costs of abstention.”
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