...foreign state and that act has a direct effect in the United States, then that foreign state is not immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States or the State in which that direct effect occurs. Certainly it is my sincere hope that no such lawsuit...

...state and that act has a direct effect in the United States. In such a case, the foreijni state is not immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States or the State in which the direct effect occurs. Mr. White hoped that diplomatic efforts would be successful...

...provides: 1605. General exceptions to the jurisdictional immunity of a foreign state. • * * É * • (b) A foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in any case in which a suit in admiralty is brought to enforce a maritime lien against...

...Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, Public Law 94-583, 28 USC, section 1605, in part, states: "(a) A forei state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States of the States in any case ... (2) in which the action is based upon a commerci activity...

...1977. § 1605 (a) provides in part that : "A foreign State shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of courts of the United States or of the States in any case . . . (2) in which the action is based upon a commercial activity carried on in the United States by...

...action is based upon a commercial activity carried on in the United States by a foreign state; . . . (b) A foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in any case in which a suit in admiralty is brought to enforce a maritime lien against...

...in the circumstances provided in Article 111. ARTICLE III Exceptions to Immunity from Adjudication A foreign State shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of the forum State to adjudicate in the following instances inter alia: A. Where the foreign State has waived...

...commercial activity carried on in the United States by a foreign state; . . . (b) A foreign state 574 shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States in any case in which a suit in admiralty is brought to enforce a maritime lien against...

...for the Federal Circuit shall have jurisdiction to modify such judgment. (d) The Government of Palau, shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and the Government of the United States shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of...

...or instrumentality of a foreign state," defines such terms, and provides that there is no immunity from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States or of the States in any case in which the action is based upon a "commercial activity carried on in the United States by a foreign state."...