California Court of Appeal
J. H. MCKNIGHT RANCH, INC. v. FRANCHISE TAX BD., A098729
Under principles of equity, the government is estopped from using a procedural barrier to defeat the recovery of tax money never owed but paid by plaintiff.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/22/2003
- Published 07/22/2003
Judges
- GEMELLO, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Randall P. Borcherding, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Jack Newman and David Lew, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendant and Appellant., Reed Smith Crosby Heafey, Donald P. Rubenstein, Paul D. Fogel, San Francisco, and Jayne E. Fleming, Oakland, for Plaintiff and Respondent.