Legal Opinion
Cagle v. Mathers Family Trust
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 4, 2013No. Supreme Court Case No. 11SC496PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Bender
T1 In this appeal, we review a court of appeals decision reversing the trial court's grant of a motion to dismiss based on a forum selection clause in a sales contract. Mathers Family Trust v. Cagle - P.3d -, 2011 WL 1797222 (Colo.App.2011).
T 2 The defendants, through cold calls, sold the plaintiffs shares in oil and gas joint ventures in Texas, Alabama, and Mississippi. The plaintiffs all signed agreements with clauses stating that the courts in Dallas County, Texas, "shall have exclusive jurisdiction" to hear any claims or disputes "arising from or relating to" the agreements. When the…
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