IL rewrites property ‘tax sale’ rules; IL counties keep fighting ‘tax sale’ suits – Legal Newsline

In the lawsuits pending against DuPage and the other northern and central Illinois counties, the counties have again filed a so-called third party complaint, seeking to either escape liability or force some of the larger private "tax buyers" to join in any liability and potential payout to people whose homes were unconstitutionally taken. In March, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis rejected the counties' attempts to also force the state of Illinois to shoulder some of the blame.