forum-selection-clause

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-335 Vivendi S.E., et al. v. EPAC Technologies Ltd. New York 2024-09-25 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived contract-law due-process forum-selection-clause fourteenth-amendment nonresident-defendant personal-jurisdiction Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause permit personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant with no forum contacts based solely on a …
24-135 James G. Robinson, et al. v. Armin Azod, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-08-06 Denied arbitration-award civil-procedure contract federal-arbitration-act federal-courts forum-clause forum-selection-clause judicial-estoppel manifest-disregard venue venue-selection Whether a litigant's statement accepting 'venue' in a district court can judicially estop that litigant from later seeking to dismiss a new action in …
23-352 Christopher A. Rogalski v. Laureate Education, Inc. Third Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Relisted (3) 12(b)(6) appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment forum-non-conveniens forum-selection forum-selection-clause standing Must the result of a motion to dismiss based upon a claimed forum selection clause under F.R.C.P. 12(b)(6) be considered the same as a dismissal for f…
22-252 Howmedica Osteonics Corp. v. DePuy Synthes Sales, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-09-16 Denied federal courts sitting in diversity should apply under Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins choice-of-law circuit-split civil-procedure diversity-jurisdiction erie-doctrine erie-railroad-co-v-tompkins forum-selection-clause forum-selection-clauses procedural-law state-law substantive-law Whether federal or state law governs the validity of forum-selection clauses
21-100 Panya Lerdthaisong, et al. v. Benjamin Cunningham, et al. Texas 2021-07-26 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) due-process equal-protection forum-selection-clause mandamus precedents writ-of-mandamus Whether the Supreme Court of Texas' failure to follow its precedents in enforcing the forum-selection-clause is a denial of equal-protection
21-4 C. Al Buis v. DLI Assets Bravo, LLC Virginia 2021-07-06 Denied Response Waived borrower-agreement consent consent-clause due-process forum-selection forum-selection-clause guaranty-agreement loan-guaranty personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction Whether a state court can exercise specific personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state guarantor based solely on a co-defendant's consent to a forum-s…
20-299 Milliman, Inc. v. James J. Donelon, Commissioner of Insurance for Louisiana, in His Capacity as Rehabilitator of Louisiana Health Cooperative, Inc. Louisiana 2020-09-08 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedRelisted (2) arbitration contract-arbitration federal-arbitration-act forum-selection-clause insurance-insolvency insurance-regulation mccarran-ferguson-act preemption state-regulation Whether the Federal Arbitration Act (the 'FAA') preempts the state's forum selection clause and requires the commissioner to arbitrate these pre-insol…
19-1250 Victor Allan Clark v. Celebrity Cruises, Inc., et al. Florida 2020-04-27 Denied 45-usc-55 45-usc-56 forum-selection forum-selection-clause jones-act maritime-law negligence personal-injury seaman-employment seaman-employment-contract third-party-beneficiary Does the Jones Act render void a foreign forum selection clause in a Seaman's employment contract?
19-1187 Matco Tools Corporation, et al. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-validity district-court-discretion federal-jurisdiction forum-non-conveniens forum-selection-clause ninth-circuit-rule procedural-exception subject-matter May a district court create an exception to the rule that the validity of a forum-selection clause does not depend upon the validity of the underlying…
18-1484 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., et al. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-05-29 Denied atlantic-marine convenience-of-parties district-court-discretion federal-courts federal-policy forum-selection forum-selection-clause judicial-precedent mandamus mandamus-relief public-policy state-policy transfer-of-venue Whether a district court's disregard of Atlantic Marine is sufficient grounds for mandamus relief
18-1341 Jeffrey A. Robertson v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, et al. Third Circuit 2019-04-25 Denied Amici (1) civil-rights employee-benefit-plan employee-benefit-plans erisa erisa-venue-provision fiduciary-duty forum-selection forum-selection-clause participant-rights public-policy statutory-interpretation venue venue-provision Whether a private employee benefit plan's unilateral adoption of a forum selection clause that circumvents the venue choices that Congress granted pla…