Legal Opinion
767 Third Avenue Associates v. Consulate General of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 12, 2000No. Docket No. 99-9011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
On its face, this case concerns nothing more than a garden-variety landlord-tenant dispute. Plaintiffs (the landlords) are seeking to recover unpaid rent for offices leased to the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) for use as consular offices in New York. Unfortunately for the landlords, the SFRY has ceased to exist. Beginning in 1991, the SFRY faced political upheaval and military conflict that eventually led to its disintegration. As a result, the SFRY has been replaced by five successor states: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia,…
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