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SCOTUS nixes Cook County appeal of decision that green lit taxpayer suit vs county over unfair propety tax assessments
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. -
Federal lawsuit: Cook Co. makes it too difficult to appeal big tax bills; state law only enables
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.