• Williams and Fickett v. County of Fresno

    Publication Date: 2017-06-05
    Practice Area: Tax | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-06-05
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dowling Aaron Incorporated, Lynne Thaxter Brown and Ronald A. Henderson for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Cederborg, County Counsel, Michal R. Linden and Peter Wall, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Respondent.

    Case Number:

    Taxpayer challenging ownership of assessed property must file administrative appeal (Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.)

  • Weatherford v. City of San Rafael

    Publication Date: 2017-06-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Tax | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-06-05
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark T. Clausen for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Bertrand, Fox & Elliot, Bertrand, Fox Elliot, Osman & Wenzel, Thomas F. Bertrand and Richard W. Osman for Defendant and Respondent City of Rafael.

    Case Number:

    Resident need not have paid property taxes in order to have standing to file taxpayer waste action (Cuéllar, J.)

  • California Taxpayers Action Network v. Taber Construction, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-06-01
    Practice Area: Education Law | Government | Tax
    Industry: Construction | Education | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-05-02
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Appellants: Kevin R. Carlin, Carlin Law Group, A.P.C.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Respondent, Taber Construction: Jason R. Thornton, Louis J. Blum, Finch, Thornton & Baird, LLP

    Case Number: No. A145078

    Taxpayer association stated viable claim of conflict of interest with regard to lease-leaseback agreement (Miller, J.)

  • City and County of San Francisco v. Regents of the University of California

    Publication Date: 2017-05-26
    Practice Area: Tax | Government | Transportation
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation | Education
    Date Filed: 2017-05-25
    Court: C.A. 1st
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Plaintiff and Appellant: Dennis J. Herrera; City Attorney, Jean H. Alexander; Chief Tax Attorney, Peter J. Keith; Deputy City Attorney.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendant and Respondent: Kamala D. Harris; Attorney General of California, Paul D. Gifford; Senior Assistant Attorney General, Joyce E. Hee; Supervising Deputy Attorney General, David Lew; Deputy Attorney General, Robert E. Asperger; Deputy Attorney General, Benjamin P. Fay, Gabriel McWhirter; Jarvis, Fay, Doporto & Gibson, LLP, Elise Traynum, General Council; UC Hastings College of the Law, Charles F. Robinson, Karen J. Petrulakis, Margaret L. Wu; The Regents of the University of California Office of the General Counsel.

    Case Number: No. A144500

    State universities not required to collect and remit city parking tax on university-operated parking lots (Humes, P.J.)

  • Washington Mutual, Inc. v. United States

    Publication Date: 2017-05-12
    Practice Area: Tax | Banking and Finance Laws
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Federal Government
    Date Filed: 2017-05-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard C. Tallman and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges, and Morrison C. England, Jr.,* District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas D. Johnston (argued) and Richard J. Gagnon, Shearman & Sterling LLP, Washington, D.C.; Maria O'Toole Jones, Alan I. Horowitz, and Steven R. Dixon, Miller & Chevalier Chartered, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Arthur Thomas Catterall (argued) and Teresa E. McLaughlin, Attorneys, Tax Division/Appellate Section, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Annette L. Hayes, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Seattle, Washington; for Defendant-Appellee.

    Case Number: No. 14-35289

    District court did not erroneously require taxpayer to prove valuation with "precision" (England, J.)

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  • City of Santa Maria v. Cohen

    Publication Date: 2017-04-25
    Practice Area: Government | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-04-25
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aleshire & Wynder, June S. Ailin and Lona N. Laymon for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stepan A. Haytayan, Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey A. Rich, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. C081190

    Redevelopment property tax trust fund could not be used to make payments due on bonds (Robie, Acting P.J.)

  • McClain v. Sav-On Drugs

    Publication Date: 2017-03-14
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Retail | Pharmaceuticals
    Date Filed: 2017-03-13
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Kick Law Firm, Taras P. Kick, G. James Strenio; McKool Smith Hennigan, Bruce R. MacLeod and Shawna L. Ballard for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
    for defendant: Reed Smith, Douglas C. Rawles, James C. Martin and Kasey J. Curtis; Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Joseph Duffy and Joseph Bias for Defendants and Respondents Walgreen Co. and Rite Aid Corporation.

    Case Number: No. B265011 & B265029

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 2367 MICHAEL McCLAIN , Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SAV-ON DRUGS

  • California State University, Fresno Association, Inc. v. County of Fresno

    Publication Date: 2017-03-03
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Education
    Date Filed: 2017-03-02
    Court: C.A. 5th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bewley, Lassleben & Miller, Leighton M. Anderson, Joseph A. Vinatieri, and Patricia Verdugo for Plaintiff and Respondent and Plaintiff and Appellant California State University, Fresno Association, Inc.
    for defendant: Daniel C. Cederborg, County Counsel, and Peter Wall, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendant and Appellant and Defendant and Respondent County of Fresno.

    Case Number: No. F072324

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 2010 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff and Responden

  • Hudson v. Superior Court (People)

    Publication Date: 2017-01-26
    Practice Area: Tax | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2017-01-26
    Court: C.A. 4th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Strecker Law Offices and Marc S. Strecker, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Tony Rackauckas, District Attorney, and Yvette Patko, Deputy District Attorney, for Real Party in Interest.

    Case Number: No. G052324

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 828 BLAKE A. HUDSON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE C

  • Swart Enterprises, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board

    Publication Date: 2017-01-13
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | State and Local Government
    Date Filed: 2017-01-12
    Court: C.A. 5th
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Silverstein & Pomerantz, Amy L. Silverstein, Edwin P. Antolin, and Edward J. Beeby for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Paul D. Gifford and Diane Spencer Shaw, Assistant Attorneys General, Molly K. Mosley, Jane O'Donnell, and Craig D. Rust, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant.

    Case Number: No. F070922

    Cite as 17 C.D.O.S. 353 SWART ENTERPRISES, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FRANCHISE TAX