Permanent Mission of India v. City of New York

Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York
Supreme Court of the United States
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
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
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.