AIR TRANSPORT v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

No. 99-16391.

266 F.3d 1064 (2001)

AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA; Airline Industrial Relations Conference; Federal Express Corporation; United Air Lines, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO; San Francisco Human Rights Commission; San Francisco Airports Commission, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brendan Dolan (argued), Cecily A. Waterman, Tracy Thompson, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

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.

Kevin T. Snider, Gary G. Kreep, William G. Gillespie, Escondido, California, for amicus curiae United States Justice Foundation, in support of the plaintiffs-appellants.

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.

Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, RAYMOND C. FISHER and JOHNNIE B. RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted November 14, 2000 — San Francisco, California.

Opinion by Judge FISHER; Dissent by Judge WALLACE

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

The Air Transport Association of America, Airline Industrial Relations Conference, Federal Express Corporation, and United Air Lines, Inc. (together, "Airlines") appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the City and County of San Francisco ("City"). The Airlines argue that Chapter 12B of the San Francisco...

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