File #: 010437    Version: Name: Settlement of business tax lawsuits; authorization to make binding settlement offers; authorization to settle unlitigated claims
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Introduced: 3/12/2001 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: Final action: 4/24/2001
Enactment date: Enactment #: 62-01
Title: Ordinance authorizing settlement of the lawsuits filed by Eastman Kodak Company and General Motors Corporation versus the City and County of San Francisco by payment of a total amount not to exceed $102,628.10 plus interest; the Eastman Kodak lawsuit was filed on April 22, 1999 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 302983 (Court of Appeal No. A091910), entitled Eastman Kodak Company v. City and County of San Francisco; the General Motors lawsuit was filed on February 24, 1999 in San Francisco Superior Court, Case No. 301510 (Court of Appeal A091914), entitled General Motors Corporation v. City and County of San Francisco; the other material terms of the settlements are that the settlements shall include any claims for the 2000 tax year, plaintiffs shall not file any claims for refunds otherwise due pursuant to any repeal of the gross receipts tax ordinance for the 2000 tax year, the plaintiffs shall agree to join in an application for a stipulated reversal of the trial court decisions pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 128; authorizing the City Attorney to make offers to allow judgment pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 998 in various business tax cases, for a total amount not to exceed $58,164,317.15; and further authorizing settlement of unlitigated claims, for a total amount not to exceed $345,981.79.
Sponsors: Aaron Peskin, Mark Leno, Tony Hall, Sophie Maxwell, Leland Y. Yee
Attachments: 1. Leg_Final
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