Legal Opinion
Karaha Bodas Co. v. Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak Dan Gas Bumi Negara
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 23, 2004No. 02-20042, 03-20602PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENTHAL, District Judge:
Thirty years ago, the United States Supreme Court recognized that “[a] contractual provision specifying in advance the forum in which disputes shall be litigated and the law to be applied is ... an almost indispensable precondition to achievement of the orderliness and predictability essential to any international business transaction .... Such a provision obviates the danger that a dispute under the agreement might be submitted to a forum hostile to the interests of one of the parties or unfamiliar with the problem area involved.” 1 When, as here, parties to…
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