Legal Opinion
MacArthur Area Citizens Association v. Republic of Peru
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 23, 1987No. 85-5828PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STARR, Circuit Judge:
This case involves an effort by the MacArthur Area Citizens Association to collect damages from the Republic of Peru for Peru’s temporary occupation and use of a building as a chancery for its Naval Attache. The building, located at 5758 MacArthur Boulevard in the District of Columbia, is zoned for residential occupancy. Peru’s conversion of the property to a chancery constituted, in the view of the Citizens’ Association, a violation of local zoning laws. The District Court dismissed the suit, holding that Peru’s actions were immune from judicial scrutiny under the…
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