state-law-deference

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24-602 Daniel Graff v. Brighthouse Life Insurance Company, aka Brighthouse Financial Life Insurance Company Eighth Circuit 2024-12-03 Denied Response Waived constitutional-rights due-process federal-court-interpretation separation-of-powers state-law-deference statutory-construction 1. Whether a Federal Court, in disregard of state law and of rules in decisions made by the highest court in a state, can interpret a statute such tha…