S.D. Myers, Inc. v. City and County of San Francisco and San Francisco Human Rights Commission

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• holding that we ordinarily will not consider an issue not presented to or decided by the district court
• holding that we ordinarily will not consider an issue not presented to or decided by the district court
• stating that an ordinance that affects an out-of-state entity only after the entity has affirmatively chosen to subject itself to the ordinance by contract does not directly regulate interstate commerce
• stating that an ordinance that affects an out-of-state entity only after the entity has affirmatively chosen to subject itself to the ordinance by contract does not directly regulate interstate commerce
• reasoning that if no state law case is directly on point, this court must “predict how the highest state court would decide the issue,” using decisions from other jurisdictions as guidance
• requiring the plaintiff to provide “specific details” as to how the local ordinance affected interstate commerce

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