United States Tenth Circuit
Yavuz v. 61 MM, Ltd., 04-5152, 04-5188, 05-5155
When an international commercial agreement has both choice-of-law and forum-selection provisions, the forum-selection provision must ordinarily be interpreted under the law chosen by the parties.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/21/2006
- Published 09/21/2006
Judges
- HARTZ, Circuit Judge., Before HARTZ, McKAY, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Tenth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Kenneth Michael Smith, (Robert P. Skeith, with him on the brief), Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Timothy A. Carney, (James M. Sturdivant, Cason P. Carter, with him on the brief), Gable & Gotwals, Tulsa, OK, for Defendants-Appellees, Kamal Adi and FPM, S.A., Grant E. Cheadle, Cheadle & Associates, Inc., Tulsa, OK, for Defendants-Appellees, 61 MM Corp. and 61 MM Ltd.