12-1861. Supreme court; questions of law
certified by other courts
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, a United States district
court or a tribal court when requested by the certifying court if there are involved in
any proceedings before the certifying court questions of law of this state which may be
determinative of the cause then pending in the certifying court and as to which it
appears to the certifying court there is no controlling precedent in the decisions of the
supreme court and the intermediate appellate courts of this state.
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