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HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO. v. COUNTY OF ORANGE

No. E029745.

117 Cal.Rptr.2d 601 (2002)

96 Cal.App.4th 540

HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

Review Denied May 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence M. Watson, County Counsel, Jim Persinger and Ward Brady, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Appellant.

Lloyd W. Pellman, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and Albert Ramseyer, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for County of Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Stephen Shane Stark, County Counsel (Santa Barbara), Kevin E. Ready and Craig A. Smith, Deputy County Counsel, for Counties of Santa Barbara, Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Kern and Solano, and County Assessors of the Counties of Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Clara as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Bewley, Lassleben & Miller, Kevin P. Duthoy, Jeffrey S. Baird, Joseph A. Vinatieri and Jason C. Demille for Plaintiff and Respondent.

John B. Wyatt III, for Boeing Company, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Science Applications International Corporation and TRW Space and Defense Sector as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

HOLLENHORST, Acting P.J.

This case concerns the assessment of ad valorem taxes by the County of Orange (County) against the personal property, including manufacturing supplies, expensed equipment and office space partitions, used by Hughes Aircraft Company (Hughes), a defense contractor, in the performance of government contracts. We are asked to determine whether title to such property passes to the United States Government (Government) in accordance...

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