United States v. Jordon Simmons

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CHULA VISTA CITIZENS FOR JOBS No. 12-55726

AND FAIR COMPETITION; LORI

KNEEBONE; LARRY BREITFELDER; D.C. No. ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND 3:09-cv-00897-

CONTRACTORS OF SAN DIEGO, INC., BEN-JMA

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v. OPINION

DONNA NORRIS; MAYOR CHERYL

COX; PAMELA BENSOUSSAN; STEVE

CASTANEDA; JOHN MCCANN, in his official capacity as Member of the Chula Vista City Council; RUDY RAMIREZ, JR., in his official Capacity as Member of the Chula Vista City Council, Defendants-Appellees,

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Intervenor-Defendant—Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Roger T. Benitez, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted En Banc December 16, 2014—Pasadena, California Filed April 3, 2015

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Stephen Reinhardt, Barry G. Silverman, Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown, William A. Fletcher, Ronald M. Gould, Richard C. Tallman, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Consuelo M. Callahan, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.

Opinion…