Legal Opinion
DeKalb County v. Federal Housing Finance Agency
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 23, 2013No. 13-1558, 13-1559, 13-1611, 13-2739PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals, by Illinois counties, the state of Illinois, and a Wisconsin county, present a common question, to which the answer given by the district courts was “no.” It is whether a state and its local subdivisions (counties, in this case) can levy a tax on sales of real property by Fannie Mae (official name: Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation), a similar entity that, to simplify our opinion, we’ll largely ignore. (So except where otherwise indicated, whenever we say Fannie this should be…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Brown v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- Federal Land Bank of St. Paul v. Bismarck Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Department of Revenue of Ore. v. ACF Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Caroline Herron v. Fannie MaeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2017
- Hennepin County v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2014
- Delaware County v. Federal Housing Finance AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2014
- Board of County Commissioners v. Federal Housing Finance AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2014
- Montgomery County, Maryland v. Federal National Mortgage Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2014
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