Case Name: JACKSON-SHAW COMPANY, a Texas corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JACKSONVILLE AVIATION AUTHORITY, a body politic and corporate, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-03-20
Citations: 562 F.3d 1166
Docket Number: No. 07-10521
Parties: JACKSON-SHAW COMPANY, a Texas corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JACKSONVILLE AVIATION AUTHORITY, a body politic and corporate, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before BIRCH and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 562
Pages: 1166–1167

Head Matter:
JACKSON-SHAW COMPANY, a Texas corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JACKSONVILLE AVIATION AUTHORITY, a body politic and corporate, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 07-10521.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
March 20, 2009.
John Stewart Mills, Mills Creed & Gowdy, P.A., Michael G. Tanner and Stuart F. Williams, Tanner Bishop, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Cindy Ann Laquidara, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before BIRCH and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN, District Judge.
Honorable Edward Korman, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jackson-Shaw Company appealed from a final judgment, after a bench trial, in favor of the Jacksonville Aviation Authority ("JAA") on Jackson-Shaw^ suit seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief. In its Complaint, Jackson-Shaw alleged that a development agreement ("Agreement") between the JAA and a private entity, Majestic Realty Company ("Majestic"), violated article VII, section 10 of the Florida Constitution. Specifically, Jackson-Shaw alleged that the Agreement made the JAA a "joint owner" with Majestic and required the JAA to pledge to Majestic its public credit, both of which are prohibited by article VII, section 10 of the Florida Constitution. We certified to the Florida Supreme Court the questions of whether the provisions of the Agreement made the JAA a "joint owner" or required it to pledge to Majestic its public credit. The Florida Supreme Court answered in the negative. Jackson-Shaw Co. v. Jacksonville Aviation Auth., 8 So.3d 1076, 2008 WL 5245640 (Fla.2008). Accordingly, because the Agreement did not violate the Florida Constitution, the final judgment of the district court is
AFFIRMED.
. The Agreement at issue in this case is between the JAA and Woodwings East Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company formed by Majestic.
. The Florida Constitution permits us to certify a question to the Florida Supreme Court if it "is determinative of the cause and for which there is no controlling precedent of the supreme court of Florida." Fla. Const. art. V, § 3(b)(6); see also Stevens v. Battelle Memorial Inst., 488 F.3d 896, 904 (11th Cir.2007).