Legal Opinion
McDonnell Douglas Corporation v. General Telephone Company of California and General Telephone and Electronics Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 25, 1979No. 75-3131PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge:
McDonnell Douglas appeals here from an order granting General Telephone’s 1 motion for summary judgment in a suit in which McDonnell sought to recover excise taxes paid over a five and one-half year period on telephone services provided by General Telephone. The thrust df the district court’s order was that McDonnell had failed to state any cause of action under applicable federal statutory or common law.
McDonnell’s appeal presses the view that at least three causes of action were stated: First, General Telephone’s collection of excise taxes between 1966 and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Ivy Broadcasting Company, Inc. v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company and New York Telephone Company, Defendants-Appellees-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- Enders v. Esquire Theaters of America, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
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