The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, et al. v. City of New York, New York
Decided June 14, 2007. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 06-134 · 551 U.S. 193 (2007) · Cited 115 times
Holding
The FSIA does not immunize a foreign government from a lawsuit to declare the validity of tax liens on property held by the sovereign for the purpose of housing its employees.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- Clarence Thomas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Antonin Scalia
- David Hackett Souter
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Dissenting · 2
- John Paul Stevens · filed a dissenting opinion
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · 461 U.S. 480 (1983)
- Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba · 425 U.S. 682 (1976)
- Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · 323 U.S. 134 (1944)
- Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp. · 488 U.S. 428 (1989)
- Saudi Arabia v. Nelson · 507 U.S. 349 (1993)
- Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc. · 504 U.S. 607 (1992)
- United States v. Security Industrial Bank · 459 U.S. 70 (1982)
- Nevada v. Hall · 440 U.S. 410 (1979)
Cited by
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- Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne Int'l Drilling Co. · 581 U.S. 170 (2017)
- Samantar v. Yousuf · 560 U.S. 305 (2010)
- Upper Skagit Tribe v. Lundgren · 584 U.S. 554 (2018)
- Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp · 592 U.S. 169 (2021)
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