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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review of Challenge to San Francisco Health Ordinance

Healthy San Francisco Program Remains in Effect

June 28, 2010 -- The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review of a decision upholding San Francisco’s landmark Health Care Security Ordinance.

The ordinance requires medium and large employers to make a minimum level of expenditures on their employees' health care, and establishes a health care program that provides a broad range of primary and preventive care services to all uninsured San Francisco residents. A group of restaurants challenged the law as preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) but the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected their argument.Click here for prior story.

The restaurant group then sought review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court's denial of review means that the Healthy San Francisco Program remains in effect.

Altshuler Berzon LLP represented a group of labor organizations that intervened in the case to defend the health care ordinance.

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