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COX CABLE v. CITY OF NORFOLK

Record No. 930062.

439 S.E.2d 366 (1994)

COX CABLE HAMPTON ROADS, INC. v. CITY OF NORFOLK.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 7, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Seabolt, Richmond (James C. Roberts, Mays & Valentine, on briefs), for appellant.

M. Wayne Ringer, Norfolk (Jack E. Greer, Christopher R. Papile, Philip R. Trapani, City Atty., Daniel R. Hagemeister, Deputy City Atty., Williams, Kelly & Greer, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

WHITING, Justice.

In this case, we decide whether a city tax violated a taxpayer's rights guaranteed under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.1

In 1990, the City of Norfolk imposed a seven percent tax upon cable television service billings. Because vendors that supplied television service through Satellite Master Antenna Television (SMATV) systems were not subjected to the...

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