Legal Opinion

Security Watch, Inc. v. Sentinel Systems, Inc. American Telephone and Telegraph Company

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided May 11, 1999No. 97-6496PublishedCited by 112 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Security Watch, Inc. (“Security”), a dealer in security systems, brought this action in the Western District of Tennessee against Defendanb-Appellee Sentinel Systems, Inc. (“Sentinel”), its distributor, and Defendanb-Appellee American Telephone and Telegraph Company (“AT & T”), the manufacturer of the systems. Holding that the Tennessee forum was precluded under the pertinent dealer contracts, the district court dismissed the action. We AFFIRM IN PART and REVERSE IN PART. We conclude that the district court correctly held that a forum-selection…

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