COSO ENERGY DEVELOPERS v. COUNTY OF INYO

No. E034051.

19 Cal.Rptr.3d 669 (2004)

122 Cal.App.4th 1512

COSO ENERGY DEVELOPERS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. COUNTY OF INYO, Defendant and Respondent.

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

October 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McDonough Holland & Allen, Robert R. Rubin and Ann Taylor Schwing, Sacramento, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Paul N. Bruce, County Counsel, and Allen R. Berrey, Assistant County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, William Brieger, Acting Chief Assistant Attorney General, J. Matthew Rodriguez, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Alan V. Hager and Michael L. Crow, Deputy Attorneys General, for State Lands Commission and California Board of Equalization as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

KING, J.

INTRODUCTION

Coso Energy Developers, Coso Finance Partners, and Coso Power Developers (the Coso entities) appeal from a judgment denying their claims for refunds of property taxes paid to the County of Inyo (Inyo). The Coso entities contend that Statutes 1891, chapter 181, section 1, page 262 (1891 Statute) precludes Inyo from taxing a portion of their geothermal energy operations...

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