BEWLEY v. FRANCHISE TAX BD.

Docket No. S033257.

9 Cal.4th 526 (1995)

886 P.2d 1292

37 Cal. Rptr.2d 298

ROSS BEWLEY et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. FRANCHISE TAX BOARD, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 23, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Richard Finn and Joyce E. Hee, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.

Nossaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliott, Stanley S. Taylor III, Claude M. Stern, Patrick J. Richard, Michael G. Thornton and Kurt W. Melchior for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

KENNARD, J.

A federal statute exempts stocks and obligations of the United States government from state taxation. (31 U.S.C. § 3124(a) [hereafter section 3124(a)].) The federal statute prohibits "each form of taxation that would require the [federal] obligation, the interest on the obligation, or both, to be considered in computing a tax...." We granted review in this case to determine whether section 3124(a) prohibits...

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