Transamerican Steamship Corp. v. Somali Democratic Republic Somali Shipping Agency

I join the opinion of the panel except for Part II.B. I agree with the majority's con*215elusion in that Part that the Somali Democratic Republic (SDR) may not claim sovereign immunity in No. 84-5542, but I rely on a different ground. In my view, the SDR has implicitly waived immunity against the claims at issue here. In light of the majority’s ruling, I state the reasons for my conclusion very briefly.

The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) provides that:

A foreign state shall not be immune from the jurisdiction of courts of the United States ... in any case—(1) in which the foreign…