Case Name: SWIRE PACIFIC HOLDINGS INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ZURICH INSURANCE CO., Defendant, Zurich American Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-05-23
Citations: 331 F.3d 844
Docket Number: No. 01-12597
Parties: SWIRE PACIFIC HOLDINGS INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ZURICH INSURANCE CO., Defendant, Zurich American Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before CARNES, BARKETT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 331
Pages: 844–844

Head Matter:
SWIRE PACIFIC HOLDINGS INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ZURICH INSURANCE CO., Defendant, Zurich American Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 01-12597.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
May 23, 2003.
Elliot B. Kula, Elliot H. Scherker, Marlene K. Silverman, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Janet L. Brown, Boehm, Brown, Rigdon, Seacrest & Fischer, P.A., Maitland, FL, Thomas W. Brunner, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, for DefendanL-Ap-pellee.
Before CARNES, BARKETT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The procedural history, facts, and issues in this case are contained in our previous opinion, which certified dispositive questions of state law to the Florida Supreme Court. Swire Pac. Holdings, Inc. v. Zurich Ins. Co., 284 F.3d 1228 (11th Cir.2002). That Court has now answered the first two questions we certified in the affirmative, rendering an answer to the third one unnecessary. See Swire Pac. Holdings, Inc. v. Zurich Ins. Co., 845 So.2d 161 (Fla. April 10, 2003). We are grateful to the Florida Supreme Court for its thorough explanation and authoritative answers. Applying the controlling law as it has been authoritatively laid down by the state's highest court, we affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment to Zurich.
AFFIRMED.