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Federal Bar Association _____________________________ Utah Chapter Ronald N. FederalB CourtOYCE Litigation Practice Seminar Tuesday, October 30, 2018 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Little America Hotel 500 South Main Street Salt Lake City, Utah AGENDA 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Welcome & Announcements Lunch Served Kris Angelos, President Speaker: Judge Ted Stewart What Presiding Over Trials has Taught Me and 8:15 - 8:45 a.m. Perhaps Can Teach You The State of the Federal Judiciary Chief Judge Robert Shelby 1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Changes to Civil Scheduling Magistrate Judge Evelyn Furse 8:45 - 9:30 a.m. Federal Jurisdiction 1:30 - 2:15 p.m. Chief Judge Robert Shelby and Pick the Brains, if Any, of the Judges Judge David Nuffer Judge Dee Benson and Judge Dale Kimball 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. 2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Certification of Issues to the Utah Break Supreme Court Judge David Nuffer 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Reflections of a Retiring Federal 10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Magistrate Judge Break Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. 10:15 - 10:45 a.m. Lessons Learned from My Remembering Ron Boyce First Three Years on the Judge Scott M. Matheson, Jr. Bench Judge Jill Parrish 10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Developments in Bankruptcy 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Chief Judge R. Kimball Advice from a Senior Senior Mosier and Judge Kevin Federal Judge Anderson Judge David Sam 11:45 – 12:00 p.m. Break We hope you'll also join us for the Annual Awards Dinner! Thursday, November 8, 2018 Little America Hotel 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. $75 per person https://annual-awards-dinner-2018.eventbrite.com INFORMATION For further information concerning the seminar or the FBA, contact any of the following chapter officers: Kris Angelos - President Blake Hamilton Gayla Sorenson OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL DURHAM JONES ASSISTANT DEAN OF PUBLIC DEFENDER, & PINEGAR EXTERNAL RELATIONS DISTRICT OF UTAH 435-674-0400 BYU J. REUBEN CLARK LAW 801-524-4010 SCHOOL Jess Hofberger 801-422-4274 David Mortensen -Treasurer DIRECTOR, CAREER STOEL RIVES, L.L.P. DEVELOPMENT OFFICE Jenifer Tomchak 801-328-3131 SJ QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW UTAH TRIAL LAWYERS 801-581-8700 801-831-4820 Honorable Amber Mettler Past President David Holdsworth Jory L. Trease THIRD DISTRICT COURT LAW OFFICE OF DAVID J. JORY L. TREASE, Inc. JUDGE HOLDSWORTH 801-596-9400 801-352-7701 Scott Young – Past President Mark Vincent SNOW CHRISTENSEN & D. Mark Jones, Clerk of Court U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE MARTINEAU U.S. DISTRICT COURT 801-325-3249 801-322-9123 801-524-6120 Dan Wadley Kat Abke J. Derek Kearl U.S. SECURITIES & EXCHANGE STRONG & HANNI HOLLAND & HART LLP COMMISSION 801-532-7080 801-799-5857 801-524-5796 Steve Bloch Honorable Judge Dale A. Kimball Jessica Wilde SOUTHERN UTAH U.S. DISTRICT COURT JONES WALDO HOLBROOK & WILDERNESS ALLIANCE McDONOUGH 801-486-3161 Kelly Latimer 801-534-7338 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE Nathan Crane INTERIOR Stew Young SNOW CHRISTENSEN & 801-524-5344 U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MARTINEAU 801-325-3213 801-322-9133 Jonathan H. Love PARSONS BEHLE & LATIMER Shelly Miller Dave Dibble 801-532-1234 Chapter Administrator RAY QUINNEY NEBEKER 801-656-5910 801-532-1500 Anne W. Morgan, Chief Deputy U.S. DISTRICT COURT Sarah Goldberg 801-524-6121 DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP 801-933-8924 Aida Neimarlija Aida Neimarlija, PC Tyler Green 801-355-6677 UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE Katherine R. Nichols 801-538-9600 SNELL & WILMER 801-257-1542 Jonathan Hafen PARR BROWN GEE & Erik Olson LOVELESS MARSHALL OLSON & HULL, P.C. 801-257-7915 801-456-7655 Certificate of Attendance Ronald N. Boyce Federal Court Litigation Practice Seminar October 30, 2018 Little America Hotel Salt Lake City, Utah NAME:_________________________________________ BAR NO.: _________________________________ Total CLE Hours Attended*: _____ (up to 7 hours of CLE credit will be offered) SPONSORED BY THE UTAH CHAPTER OF THE FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION The State of the Federal Judiciary Chief Judge Robert Shelby Notes Federal Jurisdiction Chief Judge Robert Shelby and Judge David Nuffer Notes Certification of Issues to the Utah Supreme Court Judge David Nuffer Id Id Id Burkholz In re West Side Property Associates Burkholz v. Joyce David Nuffer Candidate for Master of Judicial Studies Duke University Law School Durham, North Carolina March 2018 THESIS Certification of Legal Questions to the Utah Supreme Court Faculty Advisor: Francis McGovern 3/28/2018 5:37 PM Contents Abstract .......................................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgments.......................................................................................................................... iv Overview of the Certification Process ............................................................................................ v Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Legal Context .................................................................................................................................. 3 The Development of Certification in the United States .................................................................. 3 Legal Precedent and Alternatives ............................................................................................... 3 Florida First In Certification—and U.S. Supreme Court Commentary ...................................... 5 Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act ......................................................................... 6 Debate on Value of Certification............................................................................................... 10 Development of Utah’s Certification Process ............................................................................... 14 1975 Certification Rule ............................................................................................................. 15 Comparison with Colorado Rule of Appellate Procedure 21.1 ............................................. 16 Comparison with Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act (1967) ........................... 16 Holden v. NL Industries Invalidates the 1975 Certification Rule ............................................. 17 1984 Judicial Article of Utah Constitution ............................................................................... 19 Effectuating the Constitutional Revision .................................................................................. 20 Utah Code Provision ............................................................................................................. 20 Utah Rule of Appellate Procedure 41 ................................................................................... 20 Cases Bridging the Certification Processes .............................................................................. 28 Early Certification Cases Under the New Rule ........................................................................ 29 Statistical Overview ...................................................................................................................... 30 Certification by the Tenth Circuit - Summary Statistics ........................................................... 30 Certification in the District and Bankruptcy Courts - Summary Statistics ............................... 32 Certification of Questions of Utah Law from Federal Courts ...................................................... 34 Federal Court Certification Processes ....................................................................................... 34 Federal Court Considerations for Certifying Questions of Utah Law ...................................... 35 Arguments and Authorities Against Certification ................................................................. 36 Criteria for Certification ....................................................................................................... 40 Motion to Certify Denied .......................................................................................................... 41 Remarkable Cases ..................................................................................................................... 45 Significant Legal Issues ........................................................................................................ 51 Certifications by Article I Judges .......................................................................................... 53 The Role of Justice and Judge Parrish .................................................................................. 54 Impact of Certification on Cases .............................................................................................. 58 Certification Motion Causes Cases to Settle ......................................................................... 58 Cases Settle While Questions Pend in Utah Supreme Court ................................................ 59 Answer to Certified Questions Causes Cases to Settle ......................................................... 60 Certification Answer Dispositive for Motion in Federal Case .............................................. 62 Certified Answer Irrelevant ................................................................................................... 62 Deference for Answers to Certified Questions ......................................................................... 63 Utah Supreme Court Responses to Certification Orders .............................................................
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