https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/01/11/san-jose-att-t-mobile-get-rung-up-by-appeals-court-over-rates/

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 T-Mobile, which had argued that they pay unlawful and excessive property taxes for their infrastructure under state law.