In 2001 RUI One Corp., owner of the restaurant Skates on the Bay, filed a lawsuit against the city of Berkeley to block enforcement of a unique ordinance that would require businesses in the city's Marina Zone to pay their workers a living wage. While many cities around the country had required businesses that had municipal contracts to pay a living wage, Berkeley's law was the first in which a city required a group of businesses beyond those it contracted with to adopt a living wage. RUI One Corp. claimed the ordinance was unfair to businesses in the Marina Zone (which included the Radisson Hotel and His Lordships Restaurant), resulting in increased prices and elimination of part-time employees. The company claimed Berkeley's ordinance was preempted by the state minimum wage laws and federal ERISA statute, which governs employee benefits. A district court dismissed the lawsuit, stating Skates on the Bay had no legal basis to defy the city's ordinance and should be required to pay the higher wages.