Williamson Pounders Architects PC v. TUNICA COUNTY

LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

This suit is about choice of law. The choices are the law of Mississippi and that of Tennessee. We must choose because an architectural firm brought suit against a Mississippi county and its governing board under a contract that made Tennessee’s law controlling. The Mississippi district court granted summary judgment in favor of the county, finding the contract’s choice was overridden by the public policy of the State in which suit was brought. We AFFIRM.

I. FACTS

In May 2001, Tunica County, Mississippi, and Williamson Pounders Architects (“WPA”) entered into…