KERN COUNTY FARM BUREAU v. COUNTY OF KERN

Docket No. F017067.

19 Cal.App.4th 1416 (1993)

23 Cal. Rptr.2d 910

KERN COUNTY FARM BUREAU et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. COUNTY OF KERN, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

October 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

B.C. Barmann, County Counsel, Mark L. Nations, Deputy County Counsel, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Robertson & Falk and Steven L. Mayer for Defendant and Appellant.

Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, Robert J. Whalen and David H. Mann as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Ronald A. Zumbrun, Anthony T. Caso and Deborah J. La Fetra for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Trevor A. Grimm and Jonathan M. Coupal as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

VARTABEDIAN, J.

Kern County (the county) appeals from a judgment declaring its landfill assessment ordinance a "special tax" invalidly adopted in violation of article XIII A, section 4 of the California Constitution (section 4).1 We find the landfill assessment is not a "special tax" and is valid, whether characterized as a regulatory/service fee...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases