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CITY OF STOCKTON v. WEST COAST THEATRES, INC.

Docket No. Sac. 6102.

36 Cal.2d 879 (1950)

222 P.2d 886

CITY OF STOCKTON et al., Respondents, v. WEST COAST THEATRES, INC., OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (a Corporation), Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 6, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neumiller, Ditz, Beardslee & Sheppard, Dudley Sheppard, O'Melveny & Myers, Jackson W. Chance and William W. Alsup for Appellant.

Bill L. Dozier, City Attorney, and Taubner G. Hamma, Assistant City Attorney, for Respondents.

MEMORANDUM CASES

CARTER, J.

Here we have a city ordinance levying a tax for revenue similar to that involved in Fox Bakersfield Theatre Corp. v. City of Bakersfield, ante, p. 136 [222 P.2d 879].

Like in the Bakersfield case, the city of Stockton, plaintiff, has a basic business license ordinance No. 985 which classifies the businesses conducted in Stockton and levies a license tax for revenue purposes...

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