Supreme Court of the United States
Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York
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- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- June 14, 2007
- Case
- Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court. 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…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Clarence Thomas | June 14, 2007 |
| Dissent | Not attributed | June 14, 2007 |