Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York | |
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Argued April 24, 2007 Decided June 14, 2007 | |
Full case name | The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations et al. v. City of New York |
Docket no. | 06-134 |
Citations | 551 U.S. 193 (more) 127 S. Ct. 2352; 168 L. Ed. 2d 85 |
Case history | |
Prior | Ruling in favor of the City upheld by the Second Circuit, 446 F.3d 365 (2d Cir. 2006); cert. granted, 549 U.S. ___ (2007) |
Holding | |
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not preclude federal courts from hearing suits brought to enforce tax liens. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Thomas, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Alito |
Dissent | Stevens, joined by Breyer |
Laws applied | |
28 U.S.C. § 1602 |
Permanent Mission of India v. City of New York, 551 U.S. 193 (2007), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court construed the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to allow a federal court to hear a lawsuit brought by the City of New York to recover unpaid property taxes levied against India and Mongolia, both of which own real estate in New York.