Airlines For America v. City and County of San Francisco

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AIRLINES FOR AMERICA, Case No. 21-cv-02341-EMC

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S v. MOTION TO DISMISS

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Docket No. 76 11 Defendants. 12 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Airlines for America (“A4A”) filed this action against Defendant City and County of San Francisco (the “City”) alleging that San Francisco’s Healthy Airport Ordinance (“HAO”) is preempted by three federal statutes and that the HAO violates the Contracts Clauses of the state and federal constitutions. Dkt. 1 (“Complaint” or “Compl.”). A4A is a trade organization whose member airlines include Alaska Airlines, Inc.; American Airlines, Inc.; Delta Air Lines, Inc.; FedEx Corporation; Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.; JetBlue Airways Corp.; Southwest Airlines Co.; and United Airlines, Inc. Id. ¶ 17. The HAO requires airlines at San Francisco International Airport (“SFO” or “Airport”) to “either provide…