Lydia Olson v. State of California

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LYDIA OLSON; MIGUEL PEREZ; No. 21-55757 POSTMATES, INC., (Successor Postmates LLC); UBER D.C. No. TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 2:19-cv-10956- Plaintiffs-Appellants, DMG-RAO

v.

OPINION

STATE OF CALIFORNIA; ROB

BONTA, in his capacity as Attorney General of the State of California, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dolly M. Gee, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted En Banc March 20, 2024 San Francisco, California

Filed June 10, 2024

Before: Mary H. Murguia, Chief Judge, and Ronald M. Gould, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Mark J. Bennett, Bridget S. Bade, Kenneth K. Lee, Gabriel P. Sanchez, Holly A. Thomas, Salvador Mendoza, Jr., Roopali H. Desai and Anthony D. Johnstone, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge Nguyen

SUMMARY*

Equal Protection/California Assembly Bill

In an action brought by Postmates, Inc., Uber Technologies, Inc., and two individuals challenging the constitutionality of California Assembly Bill 5, enacted by the California legislature to…