WOOSLEY v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Docket No. S014557.

3 Cal.4th 758 (1992)

838 P.2d 758

13 Cal. Rptr.2d 30

CHARLES PATRICK WOOSLEY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

October 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Charles Patrick Woosley, in pro. per., Donald C. Turpen, Gansinger, Hinshaw, Buckley & Schauer, Gansinger, Hinshaw & Buckley, James M. Gansinger, Busetti & Rolin, Busetti & Feinstein, John F. Busetti and Janice L. Feinstein for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Frear Stephen Schmid as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorneys General, Timothy G. Laddish, Assistant Attorney General, Edmond B. Mamer, Philip C. Griffin and Richard E. Nielsen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Appellants.

McDonough, Holland & Allen, Robert R. Rubin and Mark A. Wasser as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.


OPINION

GEORGE, J.

This is a class action challenging the practice of the State of California, acting through the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and the State Board of Equalization (SBE), of charging annual vehicle license fees and use taxes on passenger vehicles1 originally sold outside California that were higher than the fees and taxes charged on similar vehicles first sold within the state.

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