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GEIGER v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Docket No. Sac. 6796.

48 Cal.2d 832 (1957)

313 P.2d 545

GERALD M. GEIGER, Petitioner, v. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF BUTTE COUNTY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 19, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges and Edward J. Ruff for Petitioner.

Charles H. Andrews, County Counsel, and Francis R. Crable, Assistant County Counsel, for Respondents.

McDonough & Wahrhaftig as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

GIBSON, C.J.

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate to compel the Board of Supervisors of Butte County to suspend and reconsider an ordinance providing for a sales and use tax and either to repeal the ordinance or submit it to the referendum vote of the electors of the county.

In 1955 the Legislature enacted a uniform local sales and use tax law, hereinafter referred to as the Bradley-Burns Act. (Rev. & Tax. Code, §§ 7200-7207.) It authorizes a county...

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