On March 9, 2009, the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for en banc review of Golden Gate Restaurant Ass’n v. City and County of San Francisco, 546 F.3d 639 (9th Cir. 2008) wherein the Court of Appeals found that a San Francisco city ordinance requiring that all employers in the city make mandatory contributions towards employee health costs was not preempted by ERISA.
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