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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-219 (2026)

Supreme Court; answer questions of law; when

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The Supreme Court may answer questions of law certified to it by the Supreme Court of the United States, a Court of Appeals of the United States, or a United States District Court, when requested by the certifying court, if there are involved in any proceeding before it questions of law of this state which may be determinative of the cause then pending in the certifying court as to which it appears to the certifying court there is no controlling precedent in the decisions of the Supreme Court of this state. Such request shall not obligate the Supreme Court to accept such request for certification and the Supreme Court may, in its absolute discretion, accept or reject such request for certification as it shall in each case determine.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 29 cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1983–2026 · leading case: Givens v. Anchor Packing, Inc., 466 N.W.2d 771 (Neb. 1991).
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Givens v. Anchor Packing, Inc., 466 N.W.2d 771 (Neb. 1991). · cites it 10× “Pursuant to the provisions of Neb.Rev.Stat. § 24-219 (Reissue 1989), this court accepted certification from the U.”
Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U.S. 914 (2000). · cites it 2× “" Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-219 (1995); see also Houston v.”
Farber v. Lok-N-Logs, Inc., 701 N.W.2d 368 (Neb. 2005). · cites it 2× “District Court for the District of Nebraska, see Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-219 (Reissue 1995), we were asked whether the 1981 asbestos-related amendment, § 25-224(5), could be applied retroactively.”
Orr v. Knowles, 337 N.W.2d 699 (Neb. 1983). · cites it 2× “This matter comes before us pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-219 (Cum. Supp. 1982) as 18 certified questions of law from the U.”
Volquardson v. Hartford Ins., 647 N.W.2d 599 (Neb. 2002). · cites it 2× “District Court for the District of Nebraska certified six questions of state law to this court under the procedure established by Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 24-219 through 24-225 (Reissue 1995).”
Condon v. AH Robins Co., Inc., 349 N.W.2d 622 (Neb. 1984). · cites it 2× “District Court for the District of Nebraska, pursuant to the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-219 (Cum. Supp. 1982).”
MacKu by & Through MacKu v. Drackett Prod. Co., 343 N.W.2d 58 (Neb. 1984). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-219 (Cum. Supp. 1982), the U.”
Dethmers Mfg. Co. v. Automatic Equip. Mfg. Co., 23 F. Supp. 2d 974 (N.D. Iowa 1998). · cites it 2× “The court raised with the parties the possibility of certifying the question of the viability of this claim under Nebraska law to the Nebraska Supreme Court pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-219 . However, the parties indicated that they were content to have this court decide…”
Hollstein v. First Nat. Bank of Aurora, 437 N.W.2d 512 (Neb. 1989). · cites it 2× “This matter is submitted to us, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-219 (Reissue 1985), as a certified question of law from the U.”
Glockel v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 361 N.W.2d 559 (Neb. 1985). · cites it 4× “District Court for the District of Nebraska, pursuant to Neb.Rev.Stat. § 24-219 (Cum.Supp.1984), has submitted to us certain certified questions of law.”
Green Plains Trade Grp., LLC v. Archer Daniels Midland Co., 90 F.4th 919 (7th Cir. 2024). “Use of this avenue to determine the content of state law might well become more viable if the 15 See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-219 (“The Supreme Court may answer questions of law certified to it by the Supreme Court of the United States, a Court of Appeals of the United States, or a…”
Harper v. Silva, 399 N.W.2d 826 (Neb. 1987). · cites it 2× “District Court for the District of Nebraska has certified three questions of law, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-219 (Reissue 1985), to this court.”
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