Legal Opinion
H & B COMMUNICATIONS CORP. v. City of Richland
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 13, 1971No. 41578PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
This case involves a challenge by the appellant, H & B Communications Corporation, to the constitutionality of a business and occupation tax levied by the respondent, City of Richland, Washington, on the gross revenues earned by appellant in said city.
The appellant operates a community antenna television system, known as CATV, in Richland. The CATV system began in Richland on December 8, 1953, when J. H. Whitney & Co., predecessor in interest of the appellant entered into a “license agreement” with the General Electric Company, predecessor in interest of respondent.
On June 6, 1960, the…
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