Legal Opinion

Alliance Health Group, LLC v. Bridging Health Options, LLC

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 15, 2008No. 08-60002PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

For this Mississippi diversity action, the district court ruled that a forum-selection clause, providing for exclusive venue in a particular county, allows, inter alia, a federal court regularly sitting in that county to hear a dispute arising under the contract containing that clause. In this interlocutory appeal, at issue is whether the clause limits venue to the courts of Mississippi located in that county. AFFIRMED and REMANDED.

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Alliance Health Group, LLC and Bridging Health Options, LLC (BHO) executed an agreement in 2003, whereby BHO would develop…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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