767 THIRD AVE. v. CONSULATE GEN. OF SFRY

No. 96 Civ. 1363(CBM).

60 F.Supp.2d 267 (1999)

767 THIRD AVENUE ASSOCIATES, Carlyle Limited Partnership-XI, Melvyn Kaufman, & Robert Kaufman, Plaintiffs, v. CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE SOCIALIST FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA, Yugoslav Press & Cultural Center, Yugoslav Chamber of Economy, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, & Republic of Slovenia, Defendants. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Cross-Claim Plaintiff, v. Republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, & Republic of Slovenia, Cross-Claim Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

August 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayer, Brown & Platt, by Robert J. Ward; Jean-Marie L. Atamian; Valerie-Leila Jaber, for plaintiffs.

Hamburger, Weinschenk, Molnar & Fisher, by John C. Fisher; Mark S. Hamburgh, for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Feith & Zell, P.C., by George Miron; Douglas J. Feith, McGarry & Simon, by James McGarry, for Republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina.

Paveli & Levites, P.C., by Richard Cashman; Barbara Novosel, for Republic of Croatia.

Patton Boggs, L.L.P., by Steven Schneebaum; Michael J. Nardotti, Jr.; Joe R. Reeder, for former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, by Boaz S. Morag; Jonathan I. Blackman; Lisa M. Schweitzer, for Republic of Slovenia.

Mary Jo White, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York by Wendy H. Schwartz, Assistant United States Attorney, for United States of America.


OPINION

MOTLEY, District Judge.

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ("SFRY") leased property from plaintiffs for diplomatic offices in the City of New York. As the SFRY government fell, the United States forced it out of those offices, and the SFRY stopped paying plaintiffs rent. Plaintiffs filed this action against the SFRY and five new states that have emerged from the territory of the SFRY. The five new states moved for summary judgment...

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