Parker et al. v. County of Los Angeles et al.

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The case involved a dispute over the taxation of federal government property leased to private entities. The County of Los Angeles assessed taxes on improvements made by lessees on land owned by the United States, arguing that such improvements were taxable as they were privately owned despite being situated on public land. The Supreme Court held that these improvements could be taxed because they constituted separate and distinct property interests from the underlying federally-owned land. This decision was based on the principle that while federal lands are immune from state or local taxation, private interests in those lands can be subject to tax if Congress has not expressly provided otherwise.