SOPHIE RIVERA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
CITY OF FRESNO et al., Defendants and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California. In Bank.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 29, 1971.
November 29, 1971.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
J.W. Hedrick, Jr., Loeb & Loeb, Frank M. Keesling, Albert F. Smith, John S. Warren and Terry D. Oehler for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Joseph W. Cotchett, Hafif & Shernoff, Stephen L. Odgers, Herbert Hafif, P.M. Barceloux, Burton J. Goldstein, Albert E. Levy, Ralph Golub, Goldstein, Barceloux & Goldstein and M. Reed Hunter as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Spencer Thomas, Jr., City Attorney, A. Grant Macomber, Senior Deputy City Attorney, Sturgis, Den-Dulk, Douglass & Anderson and Robert T. Anderson for Defendants and Respondents.
Roger Arnebergh, City Attorney (Los Angeles), James A. Doherty and Thomas C. Bonaventura, Assistant City Attorneys, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California. In Bank.
OPINION
BURKE, J.
Plaintiffs, who are utility users in defendant City of Fresno, appeal from a judgment sustaining the validity of a utility users' tax levied by the city. We are informed that a similar tax has been imposed by some 40 or more cities in this state. As will appear, we have concluded that plaintiffs err in their contention that the city lacked authority to impose the tax. The...
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