On Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court issued its opinions in Fair v. Continental Resources, No. S-21-074, and Nieveen v. TAX 106, No. S-21-364, following remand from the United States Supreme Court in the wake of Tyler v....more
In an opinion released on August 21 in Massenberg v. Clarendon County Treasurer (Op. No. 28234), the South Carolina Supreme Court invalidated the tax sale of real property in Clarendon County based on the delinquent...more
Obtaining a return on a tax lien investment can have a long time horizon in Georgia. After purchasing a tax lien, an investor must wait at least a year before foreclosing the right of redemption of the tax debtor, taking...more
In an unpublished opinion released on May 12 in Grayson Dailey v. SC Home Holdings, LLC (Op. No. 2024-UP-164), the South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the tax sale of real property in Lexington County over the objection of...more
Real property tax certificate sales provide a way for taxing authorities to collect delinquent taxes without having to foreclose on properties and take ownership. When the purchaser of the tax sale certificate obtains the...more
In February, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan issued its opinion in Metro T. Properties, LLC v. County of Wayne, No. 2:23-cv-11457-LVP-KGA, 2024 WL 644515 (E.D. Mich. Feb. 15, 2024). Few...more
In an unpublished opinion released this week in Cutter & Company, LLC v. Stafford Funding Group LLC (Op. No. 2024-UP-016), the South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the tax sale of property in Orangeburg County over the...more
In a recent opinion by the Alabama Supreme Court in Smith v. Cameron (SC-2023-0495), the court issued an opinion affirming a trial court’s refusal to award mesne profits to a tax deed holder following the trial court’s order...more
State and local taxes impact almost every taxpayer, and developments in any one jurisdiction can be frequent and sometimes confusing. ln this newsletter edition, we will briefly summarize selected state and local tax (SALT)...more
In Westconnaug Recovery Co., LLC v. U.S. Bank N.A, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has continued to rule against redemption and in favor of strict application of the Rhode Island's Tax Title Act. Specifically, an interested...more
Sullivan's Permitting & Land Use Practice Group and Litigation Department have released the second issue of their Zoning and Development Newsletter. The publication aims to provide our firm's clients and others interested...more
Summary - In Tyler v. Hennepin County, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a county’s retention of the excess value of a home in a tax sale violated the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. The decision, which...more
On May 25, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota, holding that a state tax foreclosure violates the “Takings Clause” of the U.S. Constitution when it “provides no...more
On May 25, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court held that a Minnesota county’s retention of the excess proceeds from sale of a homeowner’s property to satisfy a tax lien violated the Takings Clause. This decision recognizes that...more
Why Lienholders and Loan Servicers Should Care - In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held in Tyler v. Hennepin County that a county’s process of retaining the equity in a homeowner’s property constitutes a violation...more
With essential unanimity, though with an array of concurrences in one of them, the Supreme Court ruled against government parties in three cases, two of them in favor of homeowners, and in property rights and environmental...more
“The taxpayer must render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, but no more.” Tyler v. Hennepin County, No. 22-166, Slip Op. at 14 (May 25, 2023) - Less than a month after oral argument, the United States Supreme Court ruled...more
On Friday, the Alabama Supreme Court issued its opinion in Ex parte J.C. King III (In re: Anderson Realty Grp., LLC v. J.C. King III), No. SC-2022-0653, addressing for the first time the term “preservation improvements” in...more
The Superior Court of New Jersey – Appellate Division (“Court”) described in a September 8th Opinion issues arising out of the purchase of tax sales certificates associated with a former gasoline service station. See...more
Real property tax sales provide opportunities for investors to acquire properties for below market prices if the properties are not redeemed from sale or to earn interest on the taxes paid at the tax sale at generous rates if...more
State and local taxes impact almost every taxpayer, and developments in any one jurisdiction can be frequent and sometimes confusing. In this newsletter edition, we will briefly summarize certain SALT developments in several...more
It’s May in Indiana, which means flowers are blooming, the Indianapolis 500 is here, and the spring installment of Indiana property taxes are due. Property taxes in Indiana are paid twice a year, with payments generally due...more
Can improvements to real estate, such as buildings, be owned separately from the land beneath them? This is not usual, although permissible, such as in a ground lease situation; however, a recent decision from the Indiana...more
The United States Supreme Court held in BFP v. Resolution Trust, that properties sold at “force-sale” mortgage foreclosure sales properly conducted pursuant to a state’s foreclosure statute are presumed to have been sold for...more