Legal Backcourt Violation: who calls it??

[David Clausi]

Hi everyone,

Our board had an interesting chat about the
following situation.

A1 is inbounding the ball (let's say from under their own basket, for visualization sake). The inbound pass is to A2, who is running towards the half court line. A2 jumps and catches the ball in midair and then lands with one foot in the front court
and then (disinctly) the other foot lands in the backcourt.

Now by the Federation case book (don't have the number with me, but I am certain this is the case), this is a legal play. However, probably based on older Federation rules, it looks like a violation.

Do you follow the rule in this case, or follow what seems fair ie. that the player had front court status followed by backcourt status?

Cheers,
David