Here at our law firm, we’re getting ready as one of our colleagues prepares to argue the Supreme Court’s next takings case in a couple of weeks. Yes, this is what we’ve alternatively called the “home equity theft” or the “keep the change” case where government seizes property to satisfy the owner’s tax debt, and after liquidation of the property and satisfaction of the debt, keeps any excess equity instead of returning the balance to the (former) homeowner.
The case is Tyler v. Hennepin County, No. 22-166, and it’s set for argument on the last day of this term’s argument calendar, Wednesday, April 26, 2023.
In the meantime you should check out the parties’ merits briefs and the beaucoup amici briefs (mostly filed in support of the property owner) on the Court’s docket.
But you should also see what others have to say, and how they are
