in Re SGL Carbon Corporation and SGL Carbon, LLC

In re SGL Carbon Corporation and SGL Carbon LLC

IN THE

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-01-55-CV

IN RE SGL CARBON CORPORATION

AND SGL CARBON, LLC

Original Proceeding

O P I N I O N

SGL Carbon Corporation and SGL Carbon, LLC (“Relators”), bring this mandamus seeking us to compel the trial court to grant their motion to dismiss based on the existence of a contractual forum-selection clause. The clause designates the courts of North Carolina as the exclusive forum for adjudicating disputes between the parties.

The Supreme Court recently declined to grant a mandamus petition in which the relators sought to…