Supreme Court of the United States

Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York — Stevens, J., Dissenting

June 14, 2007551 U.S. 193

Summary

Justice Stevens, joined by Justice Breyer, dissents, arguing that the FSIA’s exception for rights in immovable property does not waive sovereign immunity for suits to establish tax liens because Congress did not expressly waive immunity for tax litigation.