California Court of Appeal
County of L.A. v. Raytheon Co., B195536
In property tax refund action, ruling that plaintiffs, successors in interest to Hughes Aircraft Company, have standing to seek a refund of property tax levied in a certain tax year on parcels occupied by Hughes under long-term leases that require Hughes to pay the real property taxes, is affirmed over claims that this ruling was error and that the refund action is time-barred notwithstanding the parties' written stipulation to waive any limitations defense to this refund action.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/18/2008
- Published 01/18/2008
Judges
- PERLUSS, P.J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Pillsbury WinthropShaw Pittman, Lawrence L. Hoenig, Palo Alto, and Richard E. Nielsen, San Francisco, for Plaintiff and Appellant The DirecTV Group, Inc.
- For Appellees:
- Raymond G. Fortner, Jr., County Counsel, and Albert Ramseyer, Principal Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants County of Los Angeles., Bewley, Lassleben & Miller, Jeffrey S. Baird, Joseph A. Vinatieri and Jason C. Demille, Whittier, for Plaintiff and Respondent Raytheon Company.