United States v. County of Arlington, Virginia, and Bennie L. Fletcher, Jr.

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Arlington County, Virginia sought to impose real property taxes on a multi-unit apartment building owned by the German Democratic Republic (GDR) 1 and used exclusively to house personnel and their families attached to its Embassy as members of its diplomatic mission to the United States. 2 In an earlier decision, United States v. Arlington, 669 F.2d 925 (4th Cir.1982), appeal dismissed and cert. denied,-U.S.-, 103 S.Ct. 23, 74 L.Ed.2d 39 (1982), we concluded that, for the period from and after May 4, 1979, the premises were exempt. We remánded for further proceedings…