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UNION PLANTERS BANK, N.A. v. NEW YORK

No. 05-11207.

436 F.3d 1305 (2006)

UNION PLANTERS BANK, N.A., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The People of the State of NEW YORK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 20, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchel Hampton Boles, Sr., Richard H. Gill, Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., Montgomery, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Wade B. Perry, Jr., Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, L.L.C., Mobile, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON, BLACK and CARNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this lien priority case, we certify three questions to the Alabama Supreme Court because there are no cases interpreting the Alabama statutes governing property bail bonds and when they become liens, and because we do not find clear guidance in the statutes themselves. "Where there is doubt in the interpretation of state law, a federal court may certify the question to the state supreme court to avoid making unnecessary Erie guesses and to offer...

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