United States Seventh Circuit

In an intellectual-property dispute involving Google and its "GoogleApps" in which the district court transferred the case to another district based on forum-selection clauses in some of the parties' contracts, petition for a writ of mandamus seeking an order vacating the transfer order is denied where the district court did not act outside of its authority either in the manner of its consideration of the transfer request or in deciding the issue of venue prior to subject-matter jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2008
• Published 12/19/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before BAUER, COFFEY, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David A, Rammelt (submitted), Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael T. Zeller (submitted), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA and Jon Cyrluk, Stetler & Duffy, Chicago, IL, for Respondent.