Charlie Ervin Waller v. Professional Insurance Corporation, J. R. Reinhardt and J. Edwin Larson

The individual appellees, J. R. Reinhardt and J. Edwin Larson, in their petition for rehearing raise for the first time the contention that the suit against them is barred by the Eleventh Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Eleventh Amendment provides that the jurisdiction of federal courts shall not extend to “any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State.” Reinhardt is the Senior Examiner for the State Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner of the State of Florida; Larson is the State Treasurer and Insurance…