TYLER v. HENNEPIN COUNTY

No. 20-3730.

26 F.4th 789 (2022)

Geraldine TYLER, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HENNEPIN COUNTY; Mark Vincent Chapin, Auditor-Treasurer, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees. AARP; AARP Foundation, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s), International Municipal Lawyers Association; Association of Minnesota Counties, Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: February 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument and appeared on the brief on behalf of the appellant was Christina Marie Martin , of Palm Beach Gardens, FL. The following attorneys also appeared on the appellant brief; Vildan Aksoz Teske , of Minneapolis, MN., Charles R. Watkins , of Chicago, IL., Garrett D. Blanchfield, Jr. , of Saint Paul, MN., and David Deerson , of Sacramento, CA.

Counsel who presented argument and appeared on the brief on behalf of the appellees were Rebecca Lee Stark Holschuh , of Minneapolis, MN. The following attorneys also appeared on the appellees' brief; Kelly K. Pierce , of Minneapolis, MN. and Jeffrey M. Wojciechowski , of Minneapolis, MN.

The following attorneys appeared on the amicus brief of AARP and AARP Foundation, in support of appellant; Daniel Benjamin Kohrman , of Washington, DC., and William Alvarado Rivera , of Washington, DC.

The following attorneys appeared on the amicus brief of International Municipal Lawyers Association, in support of appellees; John M. Baker , of Minneapolis, MN., and Katherine M. Swenson , of Minneapolis, MN.

The following attorneys appeared on the amicus brief of Association of Minnesota Counties, in support of appellees; Jay Thomas Squires , of Minneapolis, MN., and Michael John Ervin , of Minneapolis, MN.

Before COLLOTON, SHEPHERD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Geraldine Tyler owned a condominium in Minneapolis. When she stopped paying her property taxes, Tyler accumulated a tax debt of $15,000. To satisfy the debt, Hennepin County foreclosed on Tyler's property and sold it for $40,000. The county retained the net proceeds from the sale. Tyler sued the county, alleging that its...

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