Constructora Ordaz, NV v. Orinoco Mining Company

OPINION

LAYTON, District Judge.

This is a diversity action arising out of a contract under which the plaintiff, Constructora Ordaz N.V., a Netherlands Antilles corporation (“Conordaz”) obligated itself to deliver pre-stressed concrete railroad cross-ties in Venezuela to the defendant, Orinoco Mining Company, a Delaware corporation (“Orinoco”). The jurisdiction of this Court is not disputed.

The defendant has filed the instant motion, to dismiss the action on grounds of forum non conveniens.

In brief, the defendant urges that Delaware is an inconvenient forum because the contract was to be…