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ARDON v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. S174507.

52 Cal.4th 241 (2011)

128 Cal. Rptr. 3d 283

255 P.3d 958

ESTUARDO ARDON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

July 25, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, Francis M. Gregorek , Rachele R. Rickert ; Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, Jon Tostrud ; Chimicles & Tikellis, Nicholas E. Chimicles and Timothy N. Mathews for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, Francis M. Gregorek , Rachele R. Rickert ; Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, Jon Tostrud ; Chimicles & Tikellis and Timothy N. Mathews for Willy Granados and Jon W. McWilliams as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Patricia Sturdevant ; Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, Kevin P. Roddy ; and Timothy Bittle for NASCAT, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Consumer Federation of California and Utility Reform Network as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Patricia Sturdevant ; Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller & Shah, Patrick A. Klingman ; Huskinson, Brown, Heidenreich & Carlin and Paul E. Heidenreich for Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California and NASCAT as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Edward M. Teyssier ; and Joseph D. Henchman for the Tax Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Alan M. Mansfield for Utility Consumers' Action Network as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Rockard J. Delgadillo and Carmen Trutanich , City Attorneys, Noreen S. Vincent and Michael Nagle , Assistant City Attorneys, Brian I. Cheng , Deputy City Attorney; Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, William Molinski , Valerie M. Goo , Frank D. Rorie ; Colantuono & Levin, Michael G. Colantuono , Sandra J. Levin , Amy C. Sparrow and Erwin M. Benedicto for Defendant and Respondent.

Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney (San Francisco), Julie Van Nostern , Chief Tax Attorney, and Peter J. Keith , Deputy City Attorney, for League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties and California Special Districts Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Raymond G. Fortner, Jr. , County Counsel (Los Angeles) and Albert Ramseyer , Principal Deputy County Counsel, for the County of Los Angeles as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

CHIN, J.—

In this case, we must decide whether Government Code section 910 (section 910)1 allows taxpayers to file a class action claim against a municipal governmental entity for the refund of local taxes. In City of San Jose v. Superior Court (1974) 12 Cal.3d 447, 455 [115 Cal.Rptr. 797, 525 P.2d...

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