Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit March 5, 2015, Docket No. 14-1021-cv (Ministers & Missionaries Benefit Board v. Snow)

KATZMANN, Chief Judge:

This case raises important, yet unanswered, questions of New York State law. Specifically, its resolution turns on whether a governing-law provision that states that the contract will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of *151the State of New York, in a contract not consummated pursuant to New York General Obligations Law section 5-1401, requires the