SACRAMENTO CABLE TELEVISION v. CITY OF SACRAMENTO

Docket No. C008372.

234 Cal.App.3d 232 (1991)

286 Cal. Rptr. 470

SACRAMENTO CABLE TELEVISION et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF SACRAMENTO et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

September 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer, J. Keith McKeag, Stephen J. Meyer, Dan L. Carroll, Baker & Hostetler and John B. Moorhead for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Cooper, White & Cooper, John M. Ross, Peter W. Michaels, Martin Kassman, Jonathan K. Sobel, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Frank W. Lloyd III, Diane B. Burstein, Caroline O. Roberts, Spencer R. Kaitz, Alan J. Gardner, Carrington F. Phillip and Jeffrey Sinsheimer as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

James Jackson and Sharon Siedorf Cardenas, City Attorneys, Theodore H. Kobey, Jr., Assistant City Attorney, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, Richard R. Terzian and Margaret L. Oldendorf for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

PUGLIA, P.J.

Plaintiffs Sacramento Cable Television (SCT) and Christine Barney appeal from a judgment dismissing their challenge to a tax imposed by defendant City of Sacramento (City) on users of cable television service. Plaintiffs contend the tax violates both the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the franchise agreement between City and SCT. The trial...

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