Legal Opinion
2 Tudor City Place Associates v. Libyan Arab Republic Mission to U. N.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided December 5, 1983PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lewis R. Friedman, J.
Respondent the Libyan Arab Republic Mission to the U. N. (the Mission) seeks vacatur of the default judgment of possession of the apartment it rented from petitioner. The motion presents issues under the Federal Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (90 US Stat 2891) which have not been treated in reported New York decisions.
The facts here are simple. The Mission rented an apartment in petitioner’s building in 1975 and has renewed its lease at each expiration. The most recent expiration date was June 30, 1983. The lease is on a standard form. All of…
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