Alternatively, federal courts can certify questions to a state supreme court, so long as the state itself has a procedure in place to allow this.

After arguments in the case were filed, the court certified two question to the Supreme Court of the United States.

His opponents accused him of breaking campaign spending limits, but a special electoral court certified the election in any case.

The court certified the question to the Supreme Court by a certificate of division.

The court certified a class action against Target on behalf of blind Internet customers throughout the country.

By law the court must certify a new president by Sept. 6.

The court certified the case as a class action.

However, the court certified an interlocutory appeal, which the Eleventh Circuit accepted.

The country's highest court must certify the results.

The first court to certify will generally exclude residents of provinces whose courts have certified a parallel class action.