Pre-Court Tax Payment Case Won’t Get Supreme Court Review

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case involving a taxpayer trying to get his property back after a tax sale.

The case centers on a dispute between Alexi Ortiz, who is trying to get his property back, and Alfred D. Walsh, who bought the property. Ortiz has argued that there isn’t a statutory or judicial mechanism through which he can pay the taxes a Maryland court demanded he pay in order to bring his case.

In his response to Ortiz’s petition to the Supreme Court, Walsh said the Maryland court that ruled in his favor didn’t violate ...