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OCR: Forum convenicns Not fundamental, Not Constitu- tional and preemptedl ADC contends that the forum non conveniens doctrine is "fundamental feature" the general maritime law pue that once this status is bestowed upon the doctrine, is entitled 'constitutional" protection However, ADC fails to single provision he United States Constitution which cloaks the judicially created discre tionary doctrine of forum conveniens with constitu tional protection The only Constitutional issues extant were already resolved adverse to ADC when trial court expresslv found that its exercise personam jurisdirtion ovel ADC was constitutionally proper Although ADC attempts elevate non conveniens constitutionally protected status there n authority to support such an ascension37 painfully obvious from the complete a ...