UNITED STATES BORAX & CHEMICAL CORP. v. MITCHELL

Docket No. L.A. 31136.

27 Cal.3d 84 (1980)

606 P.2d 757

162 Cal. Rptr. 450

UNITED STATES BORAX & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN C. MITCHELL, as Supervisor, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

May 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Vizzard, Baker, Sullivan & McFarland, Allan H. McFarland and Jerold L. Turner for Defendants and Appellants.

Bultman, Bianchi & Kelly, M. Glenn Bultman, O'Melveny & Myers, Bennett W. Priest and Frederick A. Richman for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

Plaintiff United States Borax and Chemical Corporation (Borax) instituted the present action in August 1975 against Kern County and the Kern County Board of Supervisors seeking to obtain a refund of taxes paid under protest. The taxes at issue were levied after the board of supervisors approved an increase in the valuation of certain mineral interests above the valuation of such interests initially set forth on...

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