Opinion ID: 749433
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Heading: Application of the Eleventh Amendment Bar

Text: 26 The portion of V-1's claims that seeks retroactive monetary reimbursement for licensure and certification fees is barred by the Eleventh Amendment. We therefore dismiss this portion of V-1's claim. See Edelman, 415 U.S. at 662-71, 94 S.Ct. at 1354-59; Green, 474 U.S. at 68, 106 S.Ct. at 425. We remand with instructions to the district court to vacate its judgment as to this portion of V-1's Commerce Clause claim and dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. See Green, 474 U.S. at 68, 106 S.Ct. at 425. 27 V-1 also seeks a declaration that Utah and its agencies and officials violated the Commerce Clause in the past by imposing licensing and certification fees. Similarly, because the Eleventh Amendment does not permit judgments against state officers declaring they violated federal law in the past, Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Auth. v. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., 506 U.S. 139, 146, 113 S.Ct. 684, 688, 121 L.Ed.2d 605 (1993) (citing Green, 474 U.S. at 68, 106 S.Ct. at 425), we dismiss the declaratory portion of V-1's claim. See id. We remand with instructions to the district court to vacate its judgment as to the declaratory portion of V-1's Commerce Clause claim and dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. See id.; Green, 474 U.S. at 68, 106 S.Ct. at 425. 28 To the extent V-1 seeks to enjoin prospectively Utah officials from violating the Commerce Clause in their official capacities to prevent the ongoing violation of federal law, we will address this portion of V-1's Commerce Clause claim on the merits. See Johns, 57 F.3d at 1555; Green, 474 U.S. at 68, 106 S.Ct. at 425. 29