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  Plaintiff taxpayers appealed from an order of the Superior Court of Contra Costa County (California), entering judgment in favor of the defendant county tax collector in action to recover taxes. Defendant levied taxes against plaintiff as a tenant of shipyards upon which plaintiff constructed government vessels. class action lawyers Orange County   set taxes. The taxes were levied upon plaintiff's possessory interests. The United States, based upon an agreement to reimburse the plaintiff for taxes paid, intervened in the action. Plaintiff argued that its use and possession of the two shipyards was not property within the meaning of the law, that even if its interest was property, it was without taxable value, and that the levies were invalid because they amounted to an assessment upon government property. The trial court ruled in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff sought review. On appeal, the court affirmed, holding that the possessory interest constituted taxable pr...

  Petitioner attorney challenged a decision of respondent, the State Bar of California, whose disciplinary board suspended petitioner from practicing law for a period of three years with provisions that the suspension be stayed after four months, after petitioner stipulated to several forms of misconduct. Petitioner attorney stipulated to several forms of misconduct, and respondent State Bar of California's disciplinary board suspended petitioner from the practice of law for three years, with provisions that the suspension be stayed after four months. Petitioner subsequently sought review of respondent's decision, alleging that the evidence failed to show that his actions were wilful, as required by Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 6067, 6068, 6103, and 6106, and that a four month suspension was contradictory and improper, as it would only worsen his financial condition and make it difficult for him to establish the necessary orderly office procedures. lawyers class action   On a...