United States Seventh Circuit

The district court's ruling that appellants' challenge of the forum selection clause in the parties' distributorship contracts is invalid is affirmed, since a provision requiring appellants to submit to the "non-exclusive" jurisdiction of Texas courts does not undermine a very strongly worded forum selection clause containing mandatory language that disputes be litigated in Dallas County, Texas.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/12/2006
• Decided 02/17/2006
• Published 02/17/2006

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert Plotkin, Michael Curletti (argued), Plotkin Law Firm, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rebecca Alfert, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, John F. Martin, Godwin Gruber, Brian N. Hail (argued), Gruber, Hurst, Johansen & Hail, Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.