SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE PROPERTIES, LLC v. COUNTY, ST. CLAIR, ILL.

No. 08-1497.

548 F.3d 516 (2008)

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE PROPERTIES, LLC, a limited liability company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF ST. CLAIR, ILLINOIS, a body corporate and politic, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 14, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. McDonnell, Attorney, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, Swansea, IL, Michael J. Wynne, Attorney (argued), Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ellen G. Berkshire, Gregory J. Lafakis, Attorney (argued), Liston & Lafakis, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Scott Air Force Base Properties, LLC ("the Company"), brought this action against the County of St. Clair, Illinois ("the County") seeking a declaratory judgment that its leasehold interest in two parcels of land located on the Scott Air Force Base is not subject to the property tax which the County assessed. The district court held that the Tax Injunction Act ("TIA" or "the Act"), 28 U.S.C. § 1341, divested it of subject matter jurisdiction...

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