County To U.S. High Court: Condo Owner Lacks Standing To Sue Over Seizure

Mealey's ( March 30, 2023, 1:31 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An elderly woman who brought a putative class complaint after her condominium was seized by a Minnesota county and sold for $40,000 to satisfy a $15,000 tax debt lacks standing to sue, fails to allege compensable taking and fails to state a claim under the excessive fines clause in the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the county and county’s auditor-treasurer argue in their respondent brief filed March 29 in the U.S. Supreme Court....