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U.S. v. COUNTY OF NASSAU, N.Y.

No. 99-CV-3334 (ADS).

79 F.Supp.2d 190 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK; Charles O'Shea, Chairman, Nassau County Board of Assessors and Nassau County Board of Assessors, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

January 11, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney, Brooklyn, NY, by Sanford Cohen, Assistant U.S Attorney, Bill Lann Lee, Acting Assistant Atty. General, Civil Rights Division, Joan Magagna, Chief, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, for plaintiff United States.

Farrell Fritz, P.C., Uniondale, NY, by Dolores Fredrich, James M. Wicks, Jennifer M. Mone, of counsel, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

SPATT, District Judge.

This case, which appears to be one of first impression in the federal courts, concerns the right of the Federal Government to sue in federal court to enjoin an allegedly discriminatory state property tax on ordinary citizens. In a case filed under the Fair Housing Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., the United States alleges that the Defendant Nassau County assesses residential real property...

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