United States Ninth Circuit

The Airline Deregulation Act does not preempt a City ordinance requiring airlines who provide services to City's airports to provide domestic partner benefits to their employees.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/14/2000
• Decided 09/11/2001
• Published 09/11/2001

Judges

• Before:  WALLACE, FISHER and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brendan Dolan (argued), Cecily A. Waterman, Tracy Thompson, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Kevin T. Snider, Gary G. Kreep, William G. Gillespie, Escondido, California, for amicus curiae United States Justice Foundation, in support of the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dennis Aftergut (argued), Chief Assistant City Attorney, Louise H. Renne, City Attorney, Adrienne Go, Ellen M. Foman, Joseph M. Quinn, Deputy City Attorneys, San Francisco, California;  Stewart H. Foreman, Sanford Svetcov, Landels, Ripley & Diamond, LLP, San Francisco, California;  G. Scott Emblidge, Moscone, Emblidge & Quadra, LLP, San Francisco, California;  Therese M. Stewart, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees., Matthew A. Coles, New York, New York, for the amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc.;  Robert Kim, San Francisco, California, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California;  Jennifer C. Pizer, Los Angeles, California, for amicus curiae LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund, in support of the defendants-appellees.