Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc. v. Cable News Network, Inc.

ORDER CERTIFYING QUESTION TO CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT

ORDER

We respectfully ask the California Supreme Court to answer the certified question set forth below. The answer to this question will determine the outcome of this appeal, and there is no controlling precedent in the decisions of the California Supreme Court. Although we are mindful that our certification request adds to the burgeoning caseload of the California Supreme Court, this case raises an important question of California law and has broad implications for disability rights. “Comity and federalism counsel that the California Supreme Court, rather than this court, should answer” the certified question. Munson v. Del Taco, Inc., 522 F.3d 997, 999 (9th Cir.2008) (certifying questions to California Supreme Court).

Question Certified

Pursuant to Rule 8.548 of the California Rules of Court, we respectfully request that the Supreme Court of California answer the following question:

The California Disabled Persons Act, Cal. Civ.Code §§ 54 et seq. (“DPA”) provides that “[i]ndividuals with disabilities shall be entitled to full and equal access, as other members of the general public, to accommodations, advantages,…