Author: eleghorn

Evaluating Massachusetts’ Tax Lien Foreclosure Laws Post Tyler v. Hennepin County

in Civil Litigation, Housing Law, Legislation in Court, State Legislation

Last term, in Tyler v. Hennepin County, the Supreme Court ruled Minnesota’s tax lien foreclosure scheme unconstitutional, in violation of both the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause and the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause. Minnesota is one of twelve states, in addition to the District of Columbia, with tax lien foreclosure statutes. Sometimes referred to as […]