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PAC. TEL. & TEL. CO. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. L.A. 22597.

44 Cal.2d 272 (1955)

282 P.2d 36

THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 15, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, Bourke Jones and John L. Flynn, Assistant City Attorneys, and Weldon L. Weber, Deputy City Attorney, for Appellant.

Karl Brooks, City Attorney (Petaluma), Stephen B. Robinson, J.F. DuPaul, City Attorney (San Diego), Shelley J. Higgins, Assistant City Attorney, and T.B. Cosgrove, Special Counsel of San Diego, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, John A. Sutro, Francis N. Marshall, Noble K. Gregory, Lawler, Felix & Hall, Oscar Lawler and Leslie C. Tupper for Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company has been engaged in operating a telephone and telegraph system since January 2, 1907, and its lines are used in rendering a local, statewide and interstate communication service. The city of Los Angeles and surrounding areas are serviced by Pacific and connecting telephone companies. In 1951, shortly before a municipal franchise under which it had been operating was...

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