IAAL.
Norm, your instincts are strong. Even more important to Nersesian's analysis as a legal author, is the variety of court philosophical approaches to interpreting and applying their jurisdictional laws, whether statutory, administrative, common law (or Napoleonic Code).
Unless and until a state supreme court rules on an issue, any lawyer asserting that he/she knows what the law is/will be, is simply making an educated guess.
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