Southern Pacific Pipe Lines, Inc. v. City of Long Beach

Opinion

CROSKEY, J.

Defendant, the City of Long Beach, (hereinafter, the City), appeals from a summary judgment granted to plaintiff Southern Pacific Pipe Lines, Inc. (plaintiff) in four consolidated cases. 1 The judgment provided for a refund to plaintiff of portions of the permit fees which the City had assessed plaintiff for the pipelines which plaintiff maintains under the City’s streets. The judgment also directed the City to issue to plaintiff a certain franchise, and it adjudged that the City’s municipal code provisions for permit fee schedules are not applicable to plaintiff, finding in…