Legal Opinion
Marnika Lewis v. Governor of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 25, 2018No. 17-11009PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, Circuit Judge:
For a single day in February 2016, Marnika Lewis and Antoin Adams secured a pay raise. The Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, William Bell, had just affixed his signature to Birmingham Ordinance No. 16-28, which guaranteed Lewis, Adams, and all other wage earners in the city $10.10 per hour. But the following afternoon, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed the Minimum Wage and Right-to-Work Act (The Minimum Wage Act or the Act) into law. The Minimum Wage Act nullified Birmingham Ordinance No. 16-28, preempted all local labor and employment regulation, and mandated a uniform…
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