Legal Opinion
United States v. City of Springfield
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 26, 1961No. Civ. A. No. 59-265PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANCIS J. W. FORD, District Judge.
The United States brings this action for a judgment declaring that tax liens claimed by the City of Springfield on certain real property now owned by the *818United States are invalid. Both parties have moved for summary judgment.1
On July 6, 1949, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (R.F.C.) loaned money to Harvey-Whipple, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, taking back a note and mortgage on realty owned by the corporation in Springfield. On October 31, 1955, R.F.C. assigned the note and mortgage to the Secretary of the Treasury. In 1958 the Secretary…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- United States v. City of New BritainSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. Beaver CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- City of Boston v. Quincy Market Cold Storage & Warehouse Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Dime Savings Bank v. BeecherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965
- United States v. Consumers Scrap Iron Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. General Douglas MacArthur Senior Village, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1972
- Town of Brewster v. Sherwood Forest Realty, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2002
- United States v. Consumers Scrap Iron CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
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