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DEKALB COUNTY v. FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY

Nos. 13-1558, 13-1559, 13-1611, 13-2739.

741 F.3d 795 (2013)

DeKALB COUNTY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and United States of America, Intervening-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 23, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Steven Mielke , Foote, Mielke, Chavez & O'Neil LLC, Geneva, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael A. Johnson , Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Michael D. Leffel , Madison, WI, Robert J. Emanuel , Much Shelist, P.C., Leonard S. Shifflett , Quarles & Brady LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Patrick J. Urda , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Intervening-Appellee.

Bernard Eric Restuccia , Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, MI, for Amicus Curiae.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and POSNER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals, by Illinois counties, the state of Illinois, and a Wisconsin county, present a common question, to which the answer given by the district courts was "no." It is whether a state and its local subdivisions (counties, in this case) can levy a tax on sales of real property by Fannie Mae (official name: Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation), a similar entity that...

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