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Cm Plaza Associates LLC Petitioner Vs. Township Of Macomb Respondent · 26-001334-TT
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STATE OF MICHIGAN MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL CM PLAZA ASSOCIATES LLC, Petitioner, VS. MTT Docket No. 26-001334 TOWNSHIP OF MACOMB, Respondent. Respondent. Jay A. Schwartz Timothy D. Tomlinson (P48519) Property Tax Reduction Services LLC Tomlinson & McGrail, PLLC Representative for Petitioner 22600 Hall Rd, Ste. 102 37887 W. 12 Mile Rd., Ste. B Clinton Township, MI 48036 Farmington Hills, MI 48331 586-263-5050 (248) 672-1922 ttomlinson@ttlmlaw.com jschwartz@propertytaxreductionservices.org RESPONDENT’S ANSWER TO PETITION NOW COMES Respondent, Macomb Township, by and through its attorneys, York, Dolan & Tomlinson, P.C., and in answer to Petitioners Petition, states as follows: I. Respondent admits paragraph 1. 2. Respondent admits paragraph 2. 3. Respondent admits paragraph 3. 4. Not applicable. 5. Not applicable. 6. Respondent admits paragraph 6. 7. Not applicable. 8. Not applicable. 9. Not applicable. 10. Respondent admits paragraph 10.
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11. Respondent admits paragraph 11. 12. Respondent neither admits nor denies paragraph 12 being without sufficient information to form a reasonable belief thereto. 13. Respondent denies paragraph 13 because it is untrue. 14. Respondent admits paragraph 14. 15. Notapplicable. 16. Respondent admits paragraph 16. 17. Respondent denies paragraph 17 because it is untrue. 18. Respondent denies paragraph 18 because it is untrue. 19. Respondent denies paragraph 19 because it is untrue. 20. Respondent denies paragraph 20 because it is untrue. WHEREFORE, Respondent respectfully requests that this Honorable Tribunal dismiss the Petition, affirm the values as determined by Respondent, and award costs and attorney fees wrongfully incurred in having to defend this matter. Respectfully submitted, TOMLINSON & McGRAIL, PLLC /s/Timothy D. Tomlinson TIMOTHY D. TOMLINSON (P48519) Attorneys for Respondent 22600 Hall Road, Ste. 102 Clinton Twp., MI 48036 (586) 263-5050 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE ttomlinson@ttlmlaw.com Tho unclersigned. certifies that the foregoing instrument vias i] fhe above cz causet to to each of the ettomoys Dated: August 26, 2026 2
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STATE OF MICHIGAN MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL CM PLAZA ASSOCIATES LLC, Petitioner, vs. MTT Docket No. 26-001334 TOWNSHIP OF MACOMB, Respondent. Respondent. Jay A. Schwartz Timothy D. Tomlinson (P48519) Property Tax Reduction Services LLC Tomlinson & McGrail, PLLC Representative for Petitioner 22600 Hall Rd, Ste. 102 37887 W. 12 Mile Rd., Ste. B Clinton Township, MI 48036 Farmington Hills, MI 48331 586-263-5050 (248) 672-1922 ttomlinson@ttlmlaw.com jschwartz@propertytaxreductionservices.or RESPONDENT’S ANSWER TO MULTIPLE PETITION FORM 1 OF 1 NOW COMES Respondent, Macomb Township, by and through its attorneys, York, Dolan & Tomlinson, P.C., and in answer to Petitioner’s Multiple Petition, states as follows: L 2 3. 4 Respondent admits paragraph 1. Respondent denies paragraph 2 because it is untrue. Respondent denies paragraph 3 because it is untrue. Respondent denies paragraph 4 because it is untrue. WHEREFORE, Respondent respectfully requests that this Honorable Tribunal dismiss the Petition, affirm the values as determined by Respondent, and award costs and attorney fees wrongfully incurred in having to defend this matter. c P By: [] Overnight Gauriel 0 7] Hend Defivered ad Mail Respectfully submitted, TOMLINSON & McGRAIL, PLLC /s/Timothy D. Tomlinson TIMOTHY D. TOMLINSON (P48519) Attorneys for Respondent 22600 Hall Road, Ste. 102 Clinton Twp., MI 48036 (586) 263-5050 ttomlinson@ttlmlaw.com — y =o7” Dated: August 26, 2026 oan
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STATE OF MICHIGAN MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL CM PLAZA ASSOCIATES LLC, Petitioner, vs. MTT Docket No. 26-001334 TOWNSHIP OF MACOMB, Respondent. Respondent. Jay A. Schwartz Timothy D. Tomlinson (P48519) Property Tax Reduction Services LLC Tomlinson & McGrail, PLLC Representative for Petitioner 22600 Hall Rd, Ste. 102 37887 W. 12 Mile Rd., Ste. B Clinton Township, MI 48036 Farmington Hills, MI 48331 586-263-5050 (248) 672-1922 ttomlinson@ttlmlaw.com jschwartz@propertytaxreductionservices.org RESPONDENT’S AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES NOW COMES Respondent, Macomb Township, by and through its attorneys, York, Dolan & Tomlinson, P.C., and for its Affirmative Defenses, states as follows: 1. Petitioner fails to allege specific and sufficient facts to set forth a cause of action against Respondent and to support its claim for relief. 2. Petitioner fails to allege specific and sufficient facts to establish fraud, error of law, discrimination, the application of wrong principles or illegality on the part of the Respondent. 3. Petitioner fails to allege that the mode and method of appraising its property failed to conform to the mode and method applied in the case of all of the properties in the Respondent’s taxing unit for the year in question.
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10. Petitioner fails to allege specific and sufficient facts to establish the true cash value, assessed value and taxable value of its property. Petitioner fails to allege specific and sufficient facts to support its allegation that the assessed value of its property, as equalized, is at a factor other than 50% and also fails to allege specific and sufficient facts to support is allegations that that the property’s taxable value is improper. Petitioner fails to show that any rate other than 50% after equalization was applied to the true cash value of its property, as well as to the properties of all others to arrive at the respective equalized assessments. Petitioner, in essence, asks that this Honorable Tribunal grant it an illegal preference by application of a method of assessment different from that employed in the assessment of other properties in the Respondent’s taxing unit. Petitioner, in essence, seeks by Petition to challenge the process of county and state equalization as to the which it has no legal standing and cannot maintain a cause of action. Any decrease in the value of Petitioner’s property was a result of its own intentional acts and/or negligence and cannot be allowed to reduce Petitioner’s otherwise equitable tax burden. Respondent has properly and lawfully assessed Petitioner’s property and established its taxable value in accordance with statutory and constitutional requirements.
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11. Respondent reserves the right to add to these Affirmative Defenses any new Affirmative Defenses that discovery reveals. ‘WHEREFORE, Respondent respectfully requests that this Honorable Tribunal dismiss the Petition, affirm the values as determined by Respondent, and award costs and attorney fees wrongfully incurred in having to defend this matter. Respectfully submitted, TOMLINSON & McGRAIL, PLLC /s/Timothy D. Tomlinson TIMOTHY D. TOMLINSON (P48519) Attorneys for Respondent 22600 Hall Road, Ste. 102 Clinton Twp., MI 48036 (586) 263-5050 ttomlinson@ttlmlaw.com Dated: August 26, 2026 oe TENE ervce parti at the foregoing in vas ; ariesto causato each ofthe repr dresse es disclosad 2 je