Maryland: U.S. District Court Allows Unconstitutional Property Tax Sale Takings Claim to Go Forward

The United States District Court for the District of Maryland granted in part, and denied in part, the Defendants’ motions to dismiss certain claims arising from the Plaintiffs allegations that the City of Baltimore sold property tax liens for far less than the assessed value of the property. The Plaintiffs alleged that the City values the property much higher for purposes of assessing taxes than it does for purposes of paying just compensation when the property is taken for failure to pay those same taxes. The Court found that the Plaintiffs plausibly allege that basing the Plaintiffs’ entitlement to surplus ...