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· 11/7/2016

Richardson v. Board of Pension Trustees

How courts have described this case

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  • considering prohibition on class actions and adequacy of remedy where county \refused to follow the law\ with respect to assessments
  • analyzing a county property tax assessment under the TIA and comity doctrine
  • “[T]he comity doctrine bars taxpayers from asserting § 1983 claims against ‘the validity of state tax systems’ via federal lawsuits.”
  • The TIA \divests federal courts of subject-matter jurisdiction in cases where 'the relief sought would diminish or encumber state tax revenue.'\ (quoting Scott Air Force Base Props., LLC v. County of St. Clair, 548 F.3d 516, 520 (7th Cir. 2008))
  • describing comity as doctrine of abstention, not subject matter jurisdiction

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Judges: Graves R.J.

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