ABCNEWS - Supreme Court sides with Michigan county in a tax foreclosure case
The Supreme Court has rejected an effort to reshape tax foreclosure sales to allow the original owners to keep more money when homes are sold to recoup unpaid taxes
The Supreme Court has rejected an effort to reshape tax foreclosure sales to allow the original owners to keep more money when homes are sold to recoup unpaid taxes
Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson.
At issue is whether a county can seize homeowners' residence for unpaid property taxes and sell the house at auction for less than the homeowners would get if they put their home on the market themselves.
The Pung family sued the government and claimed the sales price was far below the house's fair market value. ty involves the rights of a foreclosed upon homeowner to receive equity back when their home is sold. The dispute