No. 19-1081

Arlene Rosenblatt v. City of Santa Monica, California, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-04
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: circuit-split constitutional-scrutiny discriminatory-purpose dormant-commerce-clause extraterritorial-reach interstate-commerce legislative-intent nonresident-discrimination presumption-of-no-extraterritorial-intent
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Latest Conference: 2020-05-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a local ordinance that discriminates against interstate commerce, and was enacted for a discriminatory purpose, must additionally discriminate exclusively against nonresidents to be subject to heightened scrutiny under the dormant Commerce Clause

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Under the dormant Commerce Clause framework set forth by this Court, a state law is subject to heightened scrutiny if it either “discriminates against interstate commerce” or has an “extraterritorial reach.” This appeal raises two important constitutional questions, both of which are subject to an entrenched circuit split: 1. Whether a local ordinance that discriminates against interstate commerce, and was enacted for a discriminatory purpose, must additionally discriminate exclusively against nonresidents to be subject to heightened scrutiny under the dormant Commerce Clause. 2. Whether a local ordinance that purports to ban advertisements for interstate services made over the Internet, and is enforced in that extraterritorial manner, can be saved from dormant Commerce Clause scrutiny based on an irrebuttable “presumption” that the legislature did not “intend” for the ordinance to apply in the extraterritorial manner in which the ordinance is being enforced.

Docket Entries

2020-05-18
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
2020-04-16
Reply of petitioner Arlene Rosenblatt filed.
2020-04-02
Brief of respondents The City of Santa Monica, et al. in opposition filed.
2020-03-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 3, 2020)

Attorneys

Arlene Rosenblatt
Robert Lawrence EsenstenEsensten Law, Petitioner
Robert Lawrence EsenstenEsensten Law, Petitioner
The City of Santa Monica, et al.
Erica BiancoSanta Monica City Attorney's Office, Respondent
Erica BiancoSanta Monica City Attorney's Office, Respondent