Florida Tax Collectors v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
Opinion
The appeals in Nos. 08-15494 and OS-15495 were orally argued together on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. We sua sponte consolidate the two appeals.
With respect to appeal No. 08-15494, the only issue in this appeal is whether the bankruptcy court and district court erred in fixing the interest rate for the tax payments to appellants at seven percent. 1 We *283 conclude that there was no error. See United States v. Southern States Motor Inns, Inc., 709 F.2d 647 (11th Cir. 1983).
With respect to appeal No. 08-15495, appellants’ arguments on appeal fail to establish any error in the judgment of the court below. Thus, the judgment of the court below rejecting the several arguments presented to the courts below is affirmed (including the following arguments which apparently were raised in the court below: the Tenth Amendment argument, the Eleventh Amendment argument, the argument based on the Tax Injunction Act, and the abstention argument). In addition, appellants’ sparse brief on appeal fails to establish error with respect to the application of 11 U.S.C. § 505 in the court below.
With respect to Winn-Dixie’s cross-appeal in No. 08-15495, Winn-Dixie has failed to persuade us that the district court erred in concluding that the appropriate statute of limitations was 60 days. See Ward v. Brown, 894 So.2d 811 (Fla. 2004).
AFFIRMED.
. We construe appellants' representations to the district court as a concession that this was the only issue. Accordingly, we disregard appellants' other arguments in its brief in this appeal.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- In Re: WINN-DIXIE STORES, INC., Debtor. Florida Tax Collectors, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. in Re: Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., Debtor. Florida Tax Collectors, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
- Status
- Unpublished