Real Estate Services Company Asks Supreme Court To Hear Age Bias Appeal

Mealey's (September 16, 2019, 10:58 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a case involving state law claims of age discrimination, the employer, Cushman & Wakefield Inc. (C&W), filed a petition for writ of certiorari on Sept. 5, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if federal courts sitting in diversity should certify questions to state supreme courts where state courts “are silent or split on outcome-determinative questions that implicate subject-matter jurisdiction, core legal requirements” or both (Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. v. Yury Rinsky, No. 19-306, U.S. Sup.)....