Legal Opinion
Crystallex International Corp. v. Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided September 30, 2016No. Civil Action No. 15-1082-LPSPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
STARK, United States District Judge:
I. BACKGROUND
This action is rooted in a dispute over the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela’s alleged unlawful expropriation of certain mining rights and investments belonging to a Canadian company, Plaintiff Crystal-lex International Corporation (“Crystal-lex”). Plaintiff alleges that Venezuela, aware of the possibility of a large award against it in an ensuing World Bank arbitration, orchestrated a scheme to monetize *687its American assets and pull the proceeds out of the United States, in order to evade potential arbitration creditors. (See…
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