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People V. Chambers, Jesse W. Carter Jul 2015

People V. Chambers, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

Property that belonged to state should not have been sold for taxes, and thus county was responsible for reimbursing former owners for tax deed; statute of limitations did not apply to property owned by the state and devoted to a public use.


Santa Fe Transp. Co. V. State Board Of Equalization, Jesse W. Carter Feb 1959

Santa Fe Transp. Co. V. State Board Of Equalization, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

Taxes were improperly refunded to a common carrier because intracity operations which were an inseparable part of intercity operations could not be considered exempt from the gross receipts tax.


Prince V. San Francisco [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter Apr 1957

Prince V. San Francisco [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

The Legislature could properly require that veterans sign a non-subversive affidavit in order to be eligible for a tax exemption.


People's Church Of San Fernando Valley, Inc. V. County Of Los Angeles [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter Apr 1957

People's Church Of San Fernando Valley, Inc. V. County Of Los Angeles [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

Trial court improperly held that taxpayer was entitled to exemption even though taxpayer refused to comply with statutory mandate requiring affirmance that it did not advocate violent overthrow of government because statute was reasonable regulation.


First Methodist Church V. Horstmann [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter Apr 1957

First Methodist Church V. Horstmann [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

Church taxpayers were not entitled to tax exemption because they refused to execute non-subversive oath that was statutorily and constitutionally required. Non-subversive oath could validly be required of churches as condition to granting exemption.


Speiser V. Randall [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter Apr 1957

Speiser V. Randall [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

A veteran was not entitled to a veterans' tax exemption, despite that he met all requirements, because in his application, he refused to subscribe to the nonsubversive oath required by the California Constitution and by statute.


First Unitarian Church V. County Of Los Angeles [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter Apr 1957

First Unitarian Church V. County Of Los Angeles [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

A church that refused to include in its property tax exemption application a required nonsubversive declaration was barred from receiving the exemption. Making an oath was contrary to the church's religious beliefs.


Los Angeles V. Belridge Oil Co., Jesse W. Carter Apr 1957

Los Angeles V. Belridge Oil Co., Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

A taxpayer was subject to a license tax for only that portion of its gross receipts derived from sales within a city because allowing the city to levy a license tax on sales outside the city was a denial of equal protection of the law.


Glendale V. Trondsen, Jesse W. Carter Mar 1957

Glendale V. Trondsen, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

A charge for rubbish collection that was imposed by a city ordinance was a reasonable exercise of the police power. Residents received the benefit of rubbish collection availability notwithstanding fact that they chose not to use the services.


United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. V. State Board Of Equalization, Jesse W. Carter Nov 1956

United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. V. State Board Of Equalization, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

Taxpayers failed to make a clear case for estoppel against the taxing authority's assessment of back taxes on gross premiums because taxing authority's acceptance of taxes paid could not bind the state as to the full amount of tax lawfully due.


Fischer V. County Of Shasta [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter Jun 1956

Fischer V. County Of Shasta [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

A statute authorizing the creation of a tax maintenance district which could construct street lighting on roads within the county authorized the maintenance district to construct street lighting on a state highway within the district.


Parr-Richmond Industrial Corp. V. Boyd [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter Jun 1954

Parr-Richmond Industrial Corp. V. Boyd [Dissent], Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

In actions to recover property taxes paid under protest, the property owner only had a qualified and contingent possessory interest in the form of a gratuitous and revocable right to possession and thus the taxes assessed were incorrect.


Los Angeles V. Belridge Oil Co., Jesse W. Carter May 1954

Los Angeles V. Belridge Oil Co., Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

A company that produced and sold crude oil and natural gas was engaged in selling for the purposes of a city tax ordinance, and thus was obligated to pay the city's business license tax.


Weiss V. State Board Of Equalization, Jesse W. Carter Apr 1953

Weiss V. State Board Of Equalization, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

The California State Board of Equalization possessed the power to deny an off-sale liquor license to an applicant because the applicant's premises were in close proximity to a school.


Groves V. Los Angeles, Jesse W. Carter Apr 1953

Groves V. Los Angeles, Jesse W. Carter

Jesse Carter Opinions

Where state constitution provided for taxes on insurance companies that were in lieu of all other taxes, an ordinance was properly declared invalid where it imposed license tax on gross receipts of an insurance company's agent engaged in bail bonds.