Legal Opinion
United Artists Communications, Inc. v. City of Montclair
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 10, 1989No. E005085PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McDANIEL, J.
United Artists Communications, Inc., Vista Theaters, Inc., and General Cinema Theatre Corporation of California (plaintiffs) have appealed from a judgment in favor of the City of Montclair (City) and Ned Crutcher, City’s director of finance (collectively defendants), which was entered following a trial to the court of plaintiff’s action for declaratory and injunctive relief related to the constitutionality of the City’s admissions tax.
Facts
In October 1986, the City of Montclair passed Ordinance No. 86-630, which added article 5 to chapter 5 of title 3 of the Montclair…
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