Legal Opinion
Ifc Credit Corporation v. Aliano Brothers General Contractors, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 1, 2006No. 05-1720PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
We are asked to decide the validity of a forum selection clause that appears in the following provision of a contract between NorVergence, Inc. and Aliano (our collective name for the two defendants — -a corporation and one of its co-owners, who personally guaranteed the corporation’s debts):
This agreement shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State in which Rentor’s principal offices are located or, if this Lease is assigned by Rentor, the State in which the assignee’s principal offices are located, without regard to such…
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