Legal Opinion
Berry v. Alameda Board of Supervisors
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 28, 1990No. C-89-3310-CALPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
LEGGE, District Judge.
This is an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by indigent citizens of Alameda County, California. Plaintiffs allege that defendants have adopted and implemented a state constitutional limitation on real property taxes, Cal. Const, art. XIII A (1978) (“Proposition 13”), and are using that limitation in assessing taxpayers, in violation of plaintiffs’ due process and equal protection rights under the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs ask this court to declare that Proposition 13 is unconstitutional as applied to raising real…
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- Ferguson v. SkrupaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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