American Hotel & Lodging Ass'n v. City of Los Angeles
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Birotte, J.
*1179 ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION;
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO STRIKE
Plaintiffs American Hotel & Lodging Association and Asian American Hotel Owners Association (“Hotel Associations” or “Hotels” or “Plaintiffs”) have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction (Dkt. No. 23), seeking an order staying the effective date and enjoining the enforcement of a Los Angeles minimum wage ordinance on the ground that it is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act.
There has been no shortage of briefing on this motion. Defendant City of Los Angeles (“City”) and Defendant-in-Intervention UNITE HERE Local 11 (“Local 11”) (collectively “Defendants”) filed opposition briefs, as well as a supplemental brief to .notify the Court of a recently decided case from the- Second Circuit on a similar issue. (Dkt. Nos. 56, 76, 82.) Plaintiffs filed reply briefs, including an objection and response to Defendants’ supplemental brief. (Dkt. No. 71, 81, 84.) The United States Chamber of Commerce and the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace filed a brief as amici curiae in support of Plaintiff preliminary injunction motion. (Dkt. No. 78.)