When Geraldine Tyler didn’t pay her tax bill, her county sold her home and kept the profits—more than twice what she actually owed. Tyler, a Minnesotan who’s now in her 90s, sued. Next week she’ll be appearing before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Numerous states have laws allowing tax authorities to take all of the value of a property when it forecloses. But Tyler is asking the Supreme Court to declare these laws unconstitutional.
Bloomberg Law reporter Perry Cooper is covering the case. She joins our weekly news podcast, On The Merits, to talk about it. Perry says Tyler’s argument that her property rights have been violated may appeal to the court’s ruling conservative majority.
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