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Recent News About Cook County Treasurer
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The motions to lift the so-called Shakman Decrees are supported by reform advocates who had filed suit to impose the court ordered monitoring decades ago
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County officials and a collection of school districts had argued letting the appellate court decision stand would open the floodgates to taxpayer lawsuits, potentially including class actions, in federal court.
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A federal appeals panel has revived a lawsuit brought by a group of property owners against Cook County, as the judges say Illinois laws and tax appeal rules have created a system in which certain taxpayers can't get justice over unequal tax assessments.
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A federal judge said he isn’t allowed to take jurisdiction over a lawsuit in which Cook County property owners claimed their property tax bills were falsely inflated so other properties could be underassessed and pay less.
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A group of property owners have filed a federal complaint challenging the legality, not only of their Cook County property tax assessments, but also of the state law that governs the assessment process and which they said aided the county's efforts to make it overly difficult to effectively appeal tax bills.
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A couple has sued Cook County, Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios and Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas for allegedly failing to properly assess their property for tax purposes.
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A school is suing Cook County officials for allegedly attempting to collect back taxes on tax-exempt properties.
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Cook County is facing a class action complaint accusing it of being too slow - or outright refusing - to issue property tax refunds owed to taxpayers who had won a break on their taxable value from the county's appeal board.
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A woman has filed a class action lawsuit against Cook County Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas and Cook County, alleging they force litigants to pay unconstitutional fees.
