Legal Opinion
Sebascodegan Enterprises, LLC v. Petland, Inc.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided August 26, 2009No. 09-cv-209-P-SPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION TO DISMISS
GEORGE Z. SINGAL, District Judge.
Before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (Docket # 6), in which Defendant Petland, Inc. (“Petland”) seeks dismissal based on a forum selection clause in the parties’ Franchise Agreement. As explained herein, the motion is GRANTED.
I. LEGAL STANDARD
A motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) 1 tests the “legal sufficiency” of a complaint. Gomes v. Univ. of Maine Sys., 304 F.Supp.2d 117, 120 (D.Me. 2004). “To survive a motion to dismiss, a complaint must contain sufficient…
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