United States Fourth Circuit
Albemarle Corp. v. AstraZeneca UK Ltd., 10-1000
In a breach of contract suit against defendant AstraZeneca UK Ltd. claiming that defendant breached its duty to give plaintiff the first right of refusal to supply defendant with propofol, used in manufacturing a fast-acting anesthetic, district court's grant of defendant's motion to dismiss for improper venue is affirmed as, applying English law to construe the forum selection clause, the clause requires that this litigation be pursued in the designated English court, and enforcing the forum selection clause in this manner is not unreasonable, as unreasonableness is detailed in the Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co., 407 U.S. 1, 15-18 (1972).
Appellate Information
- Argued 09/21/2010
- Decided 12/08/2010
- Published 12/08/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Fourth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Charles Mitchell Brown, Raymond A. Cardozo