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India Loses NY Tax Case
On June 14, 2007, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of New York City in confirming jurisdiction over India's Permanent Mission in a property tax matter. The mission had housed personnel at tax-exempt diplomatic properties. The city had allocated apportioned property tax claims for the properties and sought to enforce its resulting tax liens. To confirm jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in the matter Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations at al. v. City of New York, docket number 06-134, the court applied the FSIA exception of 27 USC §1605(a)(4) to rights in immovable property situated in the United States. -- Clemens Kochinke, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington.
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