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San Francisco Health Care Ordinance Withstands ERISA Preemption Challenge—Golden Gate Rest. Ass'n v. City & County of S.F.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2021

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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 2009

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References

1 Golden Gate Rest. Ass'n v. City & County of S.F., 546 F.3d 639, 639 (9th Cir. 2008).

2 Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a) (2006) [hereinafter ERISA].

3 S.F., CAL., ADMIN. CODE §§ 14.1 to 14.8 (2007) [hereinafter Ordinance].

4 Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n, 546 F.3d at 639.

5 Petition for Writ of Certiorari, Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n v. City & County of S.F., No. 08- 515 (9th Cir. June 5, 2009).

6 Ordinance §§ 14.1 to 14.8. The HAP is now called “Healthy San Francisco.”

7 Ordinance §§ 14.1(b)(3), (11)-(12), 14.3(a).

8 Ordinance § 14.1(b)(7).

9 Ordinance § 14.1(b)(7)(e).

10 Ordinance § 14.3(b)(i).

11 Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n, 546 F.3d at 643.

12 Id.

13 Id.

14 Id.

15 ERISA, 29 U.S.C. § 1144(a).

16 Cal. Div. of Labor Standards Enforcement v. Dillingham Constr., N.A., 519 U.S. 316, 324 (1997).

17 Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n, 546 F.3d at 648.

18 Id.

19 Id.

20 Retail Indus. Leaders Ass’n v. Fielder, 475 F.3d 180, 183 (4th Cir. 2007).

21 Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n, 546 F.3d at 659.

22 Id. at 649.

23 Patelco Credit Union v. Sahni, 262 F.3d 897, 907 (9th Cir.2001).

24 Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n, 546 F.3d at 651.

25 Donovan v. Dillingham, 688 F.2d 1367 (11th Cir. 1982).

26 Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n, 546 F.3d at 652.

27 Id. at 653.

28 Id.

29 Patelco Credit Union, 262 F.3d at 907.

30 Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n, 546 F.3d at 653-54.

31 Id. at 653.

32 Cal. Div. of Labor Standards Enforcement, 519 U.S. at 324.

33 Fort Halifax Packing Co. v. Coyne, 482 U.S. 1, 11 (1987).

34 Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n, 546 F.3d at 655.

35 Id. at 656.

36 Id. at 656 (citing N.Y. State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Ins. Co., 514 U.S. 645, 659-60 (1995)).

37 Id. at 657-59.

38 Id. at 659.

39 Md. Code Ann., Labor and Employment §§ 8.5-101 to -107 (2006).

40 Fielder, 475 F.3d at 197.

41 Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n, 546 F.3d at 660-61.

42 Id. at 660.

43 Petition for Writ of Certiorari, supra note 5.

44 Order, Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n., No. 08-515 (9th Cir. Oct. 5, 2009).

45 Compare Brief for Respondent in Opposition at 37-38, Golden Gate Rest. Ass’n., No. 08- 515 (9th Cir. Aug. 24, 2009), with Petition for Writ of Certiorari, supra note 5, at 36-37.

46 See, e.g., Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila, 542 U.S. 200, 208 (2004).