Legal Opinion
New Mexicans for Free Enterprise v. City of Santa Fe
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided November 29, 2005No. 25,073PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRY, J.
{1} Plaintiffs New Mexicans for Free Enterprise, the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, and several local business owners challenge an ordinance enacted by the City of Santa Fe mandating certain city-based businesses to pay a minimum wage higher than the current state and federal minimum hourly wage. Plaintiffs contend that the ordinance is beyond the power of a home rule municipality to enact and that the state minimum wage law preempts local policymaking in this area. Further, Plaintiffs argue that the ordinance is a taking of private property and that the ordinance’s exemption for…
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