Legal Opinion
Jones v. Flowers
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 26, 2006No. 04-1477PublishedCited by 767 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
Before a State may take property and sell it for unpaid taxes, the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires the government to provide the owner “notice and opportunity for hearing appropriate to the nature of the case.” Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., 339 U. S. 306, 313 (1950). We granted certiorari to determine whether, when notice of a tax sale is mailed to the owner and returned undelivered, the government must take additional reasonable steps to provide notice before taking the owner’s property.
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In 1967, petitioner Gary Jones purchased a house at 717 North…
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