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BUTLER v. BALOLIA

No. 13-1329.

736 F.3d 609 (2013)

David BUTLER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Shiraz BALOLIA, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 22, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Lambert , with whom David Hartnagel and Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green were on brief, for appellant.

Laura L. Carroll , with whom Joseph F. Schmidt , Shefsky & Froelich Ltd., and Burns & Levinson LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before THOMPSON, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This bi-coastal case requires a Boston-based federal court to make an informed prophesy as to whether the Washington Supreme Court, if squarely confronted with the question, would recognize a cause of action for breach of a contract to negotiate. Applying the methodology that federal courts have developed to vaticinate how state courts are likely to rule on unsettled questions of state law, we find spoor...

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