November 20, 2023
A group of Michigan counties exhorted a federal judge to toss a renewed lawsuit that alleges they seized tax-delinquent properties and illegally kept the profits, saying the property owner repeated claims that were already rejected.
October 24, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Monday lifted a stay in a case from a homeowner whose tax-delinquent property was seized and illegally sold by a county treasurer at a profit, finding that the Sixth Circuit had resolved a debate regarding the appropriate remedy for property owners who lost their equity.
June 21, 2023
A Michigan federal judge has put off deciding whether to recertify a class of former property owners whose tax-delinquent properties were seized and sold by the county treasurer at a profit, saying a case at the Sixth Circuit could clarify whether certification is the best path forward.
June 02, 2023
A group of Michigan property owners accusing counties of auctioning off their properties and keeping excess profits asked a Michigan federal judge to recertify their class action after the Sixth Circuit voided their class status.
January 13, 2021
A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday dismissed individual defendants and trimmed claims from a class action against multiple counties in the state accused of illegally auctioning off tax debtors' property and keeping the excess proceeds.
October 19, 2020
A U.S. district judge certified a class of property owners challenging Michigan counties' practices of auctioning tax debtors' property and keeping the excess proceeds.
October 17, 2019
A Michigan resident has urged a federal court to allow a putative class action to proceed seeking excess proceeds from property tax foreclosure sales, saying the state's tax foreclosure statutes violate the U.S. Constitution's taking clause.
September 26, 2019
A Michigan resident alleging that counties illegally kept excess proceeds from property tax foreclosure sales should've sued in state court first instead of federal district court, a county recently told the federal court in a bid to dismiss the case.