Tax inequity suit in federal court [900% increase in property taxes if successful]
MONTGOMERY | A federal lawsuit challenging Alabama’s property tax system as unconstitutional because the system allegedly denies blacks their right to an adequate education would increase state taxes on property nine times if the suit is successful. The lawsuit was filed last year in federal court in Huntsville for public school students in Lawrence and Sumter counties. It alleges Alabama’s property tax system is unconstitutional because it was allegedly designed by whites after the Civil War to underfund schools and deny blacks adequate education. he lawsuit challenges provisions of Alabama’s constitution and seeks an end to the state’s property taxation...
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