U.S. v. BROWARD COUNTY, FLA.

No. 89-5600.

901 F.2d 1005 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, William Markham, Broward County Appraiser, Joseph E. Rosenhagen, Broward County Revenue Collector, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Rosenberg, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., John J. McCarthy, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Gary R. Allen, Chief, Appellate Section, David English Carmack, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gaylord Wood, Jr., B. Jordan Stuart, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Wm. Markham.

James A. Thomas, Broward County Attorney's Office, Alexander Cocalis, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Broward County.

Before HATCHETT and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.


DYER, Senior Circuit Judge:

The question before us is whether the district court erred in holding that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to entertain this action brought by the United States against the defendants challenging the amount of an assessment of real property taxes on a federally-owned building and seeking a refund of taxes. We hold that there was subject matter jurisdiction and reverse.

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