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Justice Sotomayor References Rarely Used Procedure: Circuit Certification to U.S. Supreme Court

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. § 1254(2), the lesser-known companion to the provision that gives the Supreme Court certiorari jurisdiction (§1254(1)). Certification to a State Supreme Court, this Blog has noted , is a procedure the Sixth Circuit knows well. See In re Nat’l Prescription Opiate Litig. , 4th 455 (6th Cir. Laufer case free from mootness.

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