Legal Opinion
United States v. Brosnan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 13, 1960No. 137PublishedCited by 206 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
In these two cases, the United States purports to hold federal tax liens on Pennsylvania and California real properties which are concededly junior to defaulted mortgages held on the same properties by the other parties to the suits. The basic issue in each case is whether the federal lien was effectively extinguished by state proceed*239ings to which the United States was not, nor was required under state law to be, a party.
The course of proceedings giving rise to this issue was as follows: In No. 137, involving a tract of Pennsylvania land, the respondent mortgagees, under a…
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