United States Seventh Circuit

Dismissal of a suit for breach of fiduciary duties by one co-owner of a Delaware pharmaceutical corporation against the other is affirmed where a forum selection clause in the contract between the two owners that named Japan as the appropriate venue was valid and applicable to the suit.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/16/2006
• Decided 02/02/2007
• Published 02/02/2007

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christopher Landau (argued), Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas P. Sullivan, Terri L. Mascherin (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.