28 U.S.C. § 1604 — Immunity of a foreign state from jurisdiction
submitted 50 years ago by Pub. L. 94-583 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 52 words · no verdicts yet
This section gives a foreign state immunity from United States and state-court jurisdiction. The immunity is subject to existing international agreements and specified exceptions.
Subject to existing international agreements to which the United States is a party at the time of enactment of this Act a foreign state must be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States and of the States except as provided in sections 1605 to 1607 of this chapter.
Subject to existing international agreements to which the United States is a party at the time of enactment of this Act a foreign state shall be immune from the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States and of the States except as provided in sections 1605 to 1607 of this chapter.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 94–583, § 4(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2892.)
- 1976Enacted · Pub. L. 94-583 · 90 Stat. 2892
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