CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. SHELL OIL CO.

Docket No. L.A. 29670.

4 Cal.3d 108 (1971)

480 P.2d 953

93 Cal. Rptr. 1

CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, G. William Shea, Franklin H. Wilson and Frank A. Caput for Defendant and Appellant.

Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney, Bourke Jones, James A. Doherty and Thomas C. Bonaventura, Assistant City Attorneys, and Lawrence M. Remes, Deputy City Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

Defendant Shell Oil Company (Shell) appeals from a judgment, entered after a nonjury trial, awarding plaintiff City of Los Angeles (the City) the sum of $57,103.27 as a deficiency of business license taxes levied against Shell by the City for the years 1958-1961.

Shell is a large oil company which operates throughout the United States. Its headquarters are in New York, and its marketing activities are...

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