Legal Opinion
Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 14, 2007No. 06-134PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA), 28 U. S. C. § 1602 et seq., governs federal courts’ jurisdiction in lawsuits against foreign sovereigns. Today, we must decide whether the FSIA provides immunity to a foreign sovereign from a lawsuit to declare the validity of tax liens on property held by the sovereign for the purpose of housing its employees. We hold that the FSIA does not immunize a foreign sovereign from such a suit.
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The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations is located in a 26-floor building in New York City that is owned by the Government of India. Several…
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