No. 20-316

Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer, et al. v. A.F. Moore & Associates, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-09-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)
Tags: civil-rights comity-doctrine due-process equal-protection real-estate real-estate-assessment tax-assessment tax-injunction-act tax-refund
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-11-13
Related Cases: 20-357 (Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Equal Protection Clause mandates that a real estate taxpayer seeking a refund based on an over assessment of real property be able to challenge the methodology that the assessing official used and to conduct discovery on such assessment methodology, where that methodology is not probative to the refund claim that State law provides and where State law provides a complete and adequate remedy in which all objections to taxes may be raised

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the Equal Protection Clause mandates that a real estate taxpayer seeking a refund based on an over assessment of real property be able to challenge the methodology that the assessing official used and to conduct discovery on such assessment methodology, where that methodology is not probative to the refund claim that State law provides and where State law provides a complete and adequate remedy in which all objections to taxes may be raised. 2. Whether the decision below improperly held that the Tax Injunction Act and the comity doctrine did not bar federal jurisdiction over Respondents’ equal protection and due process challenges to Illinois’ system for seeking real estate tax refunds based upon error in the assessment of real estate, where: (1) Illinois law provides an action based upon equal protection principles to recover overpaid real estate taxes and interest and (2) under Illinois law, the assessment of real property at or above its true fair market value warrants a refund based upon the Uniformity Clause in the Illinois Constitution, where assessing officials have systematically under-assessed other, similar properties in its class.

Docket Entries

2020-11-16
Motion for leave to file amici brief filed by The Illinois Association of School Boards, et al. GRANTED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.
2020-11-16
Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-10-30
Reply of petitioner Maria Pappas filed. (Distributed)
2020-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
2020-09-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 13, 2020)

Attorneys

A.F Moore & Associates, Inc., et al.
Mark Richard DavisO'Keefe Lyons & Hynes, LLC, Respondent
Mark Richard DavisO'Keefe Lyons & Hynes, LLC, Respondent
Fox Valley/River Oaks Partnership and Simon Property Group (Delaware), Inc.
Richard L. FentonDentons US LLP, Respondent
Richard L. FentonDentons US LLP, Respondent
Maria Pappas
Paul Anthony CastiglioneCook County State, Petitioner
Paul Anthony CastiglioneCook County State, Petitioner
The Illinois Association of School Boards, et al
William R. PokornyFranczek Sullivan P.C., Amicus
William R. PokornyFranczek Sullivan P.C., Amicus