Rui One Corporation v. City Of Berkeley

371 F.3d 1137 RUI ONE CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF BERKELEY, Defendant-Appellee, Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union Local 2850, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee. No. 02-15762. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 11, 2003. Filed June 16, 2004. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED 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. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Susan Yvonne Illston, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-03878-SI. Before GRABER, WARDLAW, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge Wardlaw; Dissent by Judge Bybee WARDLAW, Circuit Judge: 1 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…