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U.S. SATELLITE BROADCASTING CO., INC. v. LYNCH

No. Civ. S-98-1838 WBS/DAD.

41 F.Supp.2d 1113 (1999)

UNITED STATES SATELLITE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, v. Robert LYNCH, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

March 12, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Woods White, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann and Girard, Sacramento, CA, Maria Colsey Heard, Pro Hac Vice, Leslie R Cohen, Pro Hac Vice, Bernard Nash, Pro Hac Vice, Dickstein Shapiro Morin and Oshinsky, Washington, DC, for plaintiff.

Marcia A. Fay, Attorney General's Office of the State of California, Sacramento, CA, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SHUBB, Chief Judge.

This 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for declaratory and injunctive relief challenges "the Boxing Act," a California law that imposes a five percent gross receipts tax on all pay-per-view telecasts of boxing, wrestling, kickboxing, and similar contests. See Cal.B. & P.Code § 18600. Plaintiff refused to pay the tax following its telecast of the Holyfield versus Tyson boxing match of June, 28, 1997...

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