RUI ONE CORP. v. CITY OF BERKELEY

No. 02-15762.

371 F.3d 1137 (2004)

RUI ONE CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF BERKELEY, Defendant-Appellee, Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union Local 2850, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Zachary Wasserman, Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean, LLP, Oakland, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Manuela Albuquerque, City Attorney, Berkeley, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Andrew J. Kahn, Davis, Cowell & Bowe, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-intervenor-appellee.

Paul K. Sonn, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY, for the amici curiae.

Before GRABER, WARDLAW, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge Wardlaw; Dissent by Judge Bybee

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

As the cost of living skyrockets around the country, and in the San Francisco Bay Area in particular, the face of American poverty is changing dramatically. More and more frequently, full-time, minimum-wage workers are unable to support their families' basic needs. See Jim Newton, L.A.'s Growing Pay Gap Looms as Political Issue Poverty, L.A. Times, Sept. 7, 1999, at A1 ...

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