OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 14: Telecommunications utility worker Alejandro Lagunas is silhouetted by the sun rays as he and coworkers update telecommunication antennas on an AT&T post on East 12th Street near 23rd Avenue in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
SAN JOSE — A court decision rebuffing three of America’s largest telecommunications companies has temporarily saved California residents and business owners from potentially having to cough up hundreds of millions of dollars in extra taxes.
In a Jan. 6 ruling issued by the Sixth District Court of Appeals, Santa Clara County prevailed over AT&T, Sprint and