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[CITE: 28USC1607]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE
 
         CHAPTER 97--JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES OF FOREIGN STATES
 
Sec. 1607. Counterclaims

    In any action brought by a foreign state, or in which a foreign 
state intervenes, in a court of the United States or of a State, the 
foreign state shall not be accorded immunity with respect to any 
counterclaim--
        (a) for which a foreign state would not be entitled to immunity 
    under section 1605 of this chapter had such claim been brought in a 
    separate action against the foreign state; or
        (b) arising out of the transaction or occurrence that is the 
    subject matter of the claim of the foreign state; or
        (c) to the extent that the counterclaim does not seek relief 
    exceeding in amount or differing in kind from that sought by the 
    foreign state.

(Added Pub. L. 94-583, Sec. 4(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2894.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1330, 1604, 1605, 1606 of 
this title.