Crystallex International Corporation v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

  1. March 01, 2021

    Crystallex Pushes To Keep Citgo Sale Moving Ahead

    Crystallex is pressing a Delaware federal judge to keep its efforts to sell Citgo's parent company to satisfy a $1.2 billion judgment against Venezuela on track during an ongoing appeal, arguing that the country's request for a stay marks the 13th time it's tried to delay the litigation.

  2. February 12, 2021

    Crystallex $1.2B Award Fight Will Go Back To 3rd Circ.

    Efforts by Crystallex to sell the parent company of Citgo to enforce a $1.2 billion arbitral award against Venezuela will go back to the Third Circuit, after appeals challenging a Delaware court order allowing the sale to proceed were filed.

  3. January 14, 2021

    Crystallex Given OK To Proceed With Citgo Sale

    A Delaware judge has given Crystallex the green light to forge ahead with a sale of Citgo's parent company to enforce its $1.2 billion award against Venezuela, ruling Thursday that every day the Canadian mining company goes unpaid "is arguably something of an affront to the United States judicial system."

  4. October 26, 2020

    Del. Judge Urged Not To Fast-Track $1.2B Crystallex Case

    A New York judge's order enforcing $1.68 billion in defaulted Venezuelan bonds doesn't mean that a judge in Delaware should forge ahead with a sale of Citgo's parent company so a Canadian mining company can enforce its $1.2 billion award against Caracas, the country is arguing.

  5. October 22, 2020

    Crystallex Points To Order On Bond Case In $1.2B Award Fight

    Crystallex is pressing a Delaware federal judge to forge ahead with a sale of Citgo's parent company as other creditors of Venezuela begin to close in on the country's most valuable U.S. asset, pointing to a New York judge's order last week enforcing $1.68 billion in defaulted Venezuelan bonds.

  6. September 17, 2020

    Crystallex Wants Citgo Sale In January In $1.2B Award Row

    Crystallex on Thursday asked a Delaware judge to set a January date for a sale of Citgo's parent company to enforce a $1.2 billion arbitral award against Venezuela, even as complicated questions relating to sanctions and U.S. national security concerns were debated during the same hearing.

  7. August 31, 2020

    US Urges Del. Judge To Pause Crystallex's Bid For Citgo

    The Trump administration is urging a Delaware judge to hold off from allowing Crystallex to sell shares in Citgo's parent company to enforce a $1.2 billion arbitral award against Venezuela, arguing Friday that U.S. foreign policy interests would otherwise be "needlessly imperiled."

  8. July 17, 2020

    Venezuela Points To New Leadership In $1.2B Award Fight

    A Delaware judge considering whether to dissolve his order allowing Crystallex to seize shares in Citgo's parent company to enforce a $1.2 billion arbitral award against Venezuela questioned on Friday whether the Third Circuit, which affirmed his decision, had left him the opportunity to do so.

  9. July 09, 2020

    Crystallex Wants Citgo Sale In $1.2B Award Row To Proceed

    Crystallex is asking a Delaware court to forge ahead with an auction of Citgo's parent company as it looks to enforce a $1.2 billion arbitral award against Venezuela, even as other creditors of the crisis-stricken country have begun to circle around Caracas' most important foreign asset.

  10. May 22, 2020

    Crystallex, Venezuela $1.2B Award Fight Moves Ahead

    A Delaware federal judge on Friday gave Citgo's parent company two weeks to respond to an order allowing Crystallex to seize its shares to enforce a $1.2 billion arbitral award against Venezuela, days after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up the country's challenge against the order.