INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASS'N v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 15-35209.

803 F.3d 389 (2015)

INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION, INC.; Charles Stempler; Katherine Lyons; Mark Lyons; Michael Park; Ronald Oh, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SEATTLE, a Municipal Corporation; Fred Podesta, Director of the Department of Finance and Administrative Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Clement (argued), Viet D. Dinh and H. Christopher Bartolomucci , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Peter S. Holmes , Seattle City Attorney, Gregory C. Narver (argued), Gary T. Smith , John B. Schochet , Assistant City Attorneys, Seattle City Attorney's Office, Seattle, Washington; Parker C. Folse, III , Edgar G. Sargent , Justin A. Nelson , Drew D. Hansen , E. Lindsay Calkins , Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Kate Comerford Todd , Steven P. Lehotsky , United States Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

William S. Consovoy , Thomas R. McCarthy , J. Michael Connolly , Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, VA, for Amici Curiae American Hotel & Lodging Association, Asian American Hotels Owners Association, Home Care Association of America and Washington Retail Association.

Angelo I. Amador , Regulatory Counsel, National Restaurant Association, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae the National Restaurant Association.

Ronald A. Fein , Free Speech For People, Newton, MA; Brenda Wright , Adam, Lioz and Naila Awan , Dçmos, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae Free Speech for People, Dçmos, Courage Campaign, and Equal Justice Society.

Rebecca Smith , National Employment Law Project, Seattle, WA; Paul K. Sonn , National Employment Law Project, New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae National Employment Law Project.

Michael Rubin , Stacey M. Leyton (argued), Eric Brown , Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, CA; Dmitri Iglitzin , Schwerin Campbell Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt LLP, Seattle, WA, for Amici Curiae SEIU Healthcare, 775NW, SEIU Healthcare1199NW, SEIU Local 6, OPEIU Local 8, UFCW Local 21, OneAmerica, Working Washington, Martina Phelps, and Crystal Thompson.

Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, Alan D. Copsey and Jay D. Geck , Deputy Solicitors General, Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Amicus Curiae State of Washington.

John R. Lopez, IV , Solicitor General, Dominic E. Draye and Jennifer M. Perkins , Office of the Attorney General, Phoenix, AZ, for Amicus Curiae State of Arizona.

Before: MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, RONALD M. GOULD, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

The International Franchise Association ("IFA") appeals the denial of a preliminary injunction which IFA sought in order to prevent the City of Seattle ("City") from enforcing a provision in its recently enacted minimum wage ordinance. The provision classifies certain franchisees as large employers, subjecting...

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