SAN FRANCISCO — When a client’s tax liability goes from $60,000 a year to $20 million, there’s bound to be a good fight.
Judge David Flinn of Contra Costa County agreed with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman partner Jeffrey Vesely last week that a new tax by the city of Richmond unfairly targeted his client, Chevron Corp., and violated the Constitution’s Commerce Clause. The judge tentatively ruled Richmond should return $20 million that Chevron paid under the tax this year.
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