Legal Opinion
City of Los Angeles v. Tannahill
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 18, 1951No. Civ. 18254PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, P. J.
The question for decision is whether a municipality can impose a valid license tax on trucks operated for hire and graduate such tax in proportion to their unladen weights where their domicile is in a suburban city and they visit the taxing municipality “on an average of more than once a week during at least one quarter of the calendar year involved. ’ ’
Appellants were conducting a for-hire trucking business with headquarters only in Vernon, a city buried in the heart of the manufacturing district of Los Angeles. They held permits as city carriers, contract carriers and radial highway common…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Carmichael v. Southern Coal & Coke Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- West Coast Advertising Co. v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
- Ex parte HaskellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
- Barker Bros., Inc. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
- Ex Parte LemonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1904
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Web Service Co. v. SpencerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967
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