Am I wrong, or does it seem like the Ninth Circuit has been certifying more and more questions to state supreme courts over the past half-dozen years or so?
The Ninth Circuit certifies today yet another question to the California Supreme Court. This one is about usury and permissible interest rates (in particular, compound interest).
I assume the California Supreme Court will take the thing and decide it. Though I wonder what the informal "cap" would be on how much work a state supreme court would do for the Ninth Circuit before it stopped doing stuff for 'em. Five cases a year? Ten?
If I was more rigorous, I'd actually run the numbers and see if my intuition is correct that there's been a slight uptick in certification in the Ninth Circuit.
But I'm sick. And lazy. At least today.
So I'll just speculate.
Ah, the joys of academia.
