US Supreme Court Skips Florida Tax Foreclosure Taking Lawsuit

The US Supreme Court won’t review whether a lawsuit accusing a Florida county of committing an unconstitutional taking by facilitating a tax foreclosure without compensating for the home’s excess value is barred under federal law.

The Monday announcement means the justices won’t expand on their precedent set in Tyler v. Hennepin County, which held that former property owners are entitled to the value of their tax foreclosed homes that surpasses their debt amount.

The Eleventh Circuit mistakenly applied the comity doctrine here, which dictates that federal courts shouldn’t disrupt state tax administration, Robert Turner’s petition for a writ of ...