Tawanda HALL, Curtis Lee, Coretha Lee, and Kristina Govan, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Andrew E. MEISNER, Oakland County Treasurer; Oakland County, Michigan; Southfield Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, LLC; City of Southfield, Michigan; Frederick Zorn; Kenson Siver; Susan P. Ward-Witkowski; Gerald Witkowski; Irv Lowenberg; Mitchell Simon; E'toile Libbett; Southfield Non-Profit Housing Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued: July 20, 2022.
Decided and Filed: October 13, 2022.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Christina M. Martin , PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, for Appellants. John R. Fleming , GIARMARCO, MULLINS & HORTON, P.C., Troy, Michigan, for Oakland County Appellees. Michael A. Knoblock , SEWARD HENDERSON PLLC, Royal Oak, Michigan, for Appellees Zorn, Siver, Ward-Witkowski, Witkowski, and Lowenberg. Matthew T. Nicols , PENTIUK, COUVREUR & KOBILJAK, P.C., Wyandotte, Michigan, for Appellees Libbett, Simon, Southfield Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, and Southfield Non-Profit Housing Corporation. ON BRIEF: Christina M. Martin , Kathryn D. Valois , PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Scott Smith , SMITH LAW GROUP, PLLC, Farmington Hills, Michigan, Jayson E. Blake , MCALPINE PC, Auburn Hills, Michigan, for Appellants. John R. Fleming , William H. Horton , GIARMARCO, MULLINS & HORTON, P.C., Troy, Michigan, for Oakland County Appellees. Michael A. Knoblock , T. Joseph Seward , SEWARD HENDERSON PLLC, Royal Oak, Michigan, for Appellees Zorn, Siver, Ward-Witkowski, Witkowski, and Lowenberg. Matthew T. Nicols , PENTIUK, COUVREUR & KOBILJAK, P.C., Wyandotte, Michigan, for Appellees Libbett, Simon, Southfield Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, and Southfield Non-Profit Housing Corporation. ON OPENING BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO INTERVENE: Matthew B. Hodges , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Intervenor State of Michigan.
Before: KETHLEDGE, BUSH, and NALBANDIAN, Circuit Judges.
OPINION
KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.
In this case the defendant Oakland County took "absolute title" to plaintiff Tawanda Hall's home—worth close to $300,000, on the facts alleged here—to satisfy a $22,262 tax debt, and then refused to refund any of the difference. The other plaintiffs shared a similar fate with their homes...
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