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Library cannot get federal injunction against tax sale

Library cannot get federal injunction against tax sale

Library cannot get federal injunction against tax sale

A nonprofit library in Maine has been unable to obtain a federal court injunction against a Town seeking to sell its real estate for alleged failure to pay real estate taxes, a federal District Court in Maine has ruled. It denied the injunction on the basis of the federal Anti-Injunction Act that prohibits federal courts from enjoining “the collection of state taxes.” The Rumford Free Library and the Town of Rumford had been litigating since 2014 about the tax-exempt status of its property. The Town basically took the position that the property should not be exempt because it was not used for charitable purposes because it was “derelict and unsuitable for any use.” The Town issued a notice...

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