FOX ETC. CORP. v. CITY OF BAKERSFIELD

Docket No. L.A. 21399.

36 Cal.2d 136 (1950)

222 P.2d 879

FOX BAKERSFIELD THEATRE CORPORATION (a Corporation) et al., Appellants, v. CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 6, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Borton, Petrini & Conron, James Petrini, O'Melveny & Myers, Jackson W. Chance and William W. Alsup for Appellants.

J. Kelly Steele, City Attorney, West, Vizzard & Baker and James Vizzard for Respondent.


CARTER, J.

In an action for declaratory relief, injunction and recovery of taxes paid under protest by plaintiffs, operators of motion picture theatres, the trial court determined that a business license tax levied by defendant city and affecting them was valid. The attack on defendant's tax ordinance includes the charges of discrimination, double taxation, and defective enactment.

The city has had for many years a basic business license tax ordinance, No...

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