Erie Township v. State Tax Commission

Plaintiffs, Township of Erie and Township of LaSalle, are located in the County of Monroe, which is one taxable unit consisting of 19 assessing districts. During the years 1967, 1968, and 1969, the plaintiff townships both had equalization factors of 1.000000. Following a study of five townships in the county in early 1970, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners adopted the equalization report of the County Equalization Director and established new equalization factors applicable to plaintiffs. Plaintiff Erie Township was assigned a new and higher equalization factor of 1.167568 and a new…