Legal Opinion
Gore v. Newsome
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 25, 1992No. 91-CV-392PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
On this appeal from a judgment cancel-ling a tax deed, the issue is whether the rule in this jurisdiction that government authorities must comply strictly with the notice provisions of the District of Columbia tax sale statute and regulations requires that a sale be invalidated because the notices to the delinquent property owners abbreviated their first names rather than spelling them out in accordance with the tax assessor’s records. Although we take this occasion to caution the District tax authorities about the risks inherent in deviating from notice in the full…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Malone v. RobinsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- United States v. SiricoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1965
- Tax Claim Bureau v. WheatcroftCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Clinton v. MillerMontana Supreme Court · 1951
- Boddie v. RobinsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by7 opinions
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