Legal Opinion
Grissom v. Colotti
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided September 29, 1986No. Civ. 85-0028 (JAF)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
FUSTE, District Judge.
We now decide that a forum selection clause contained in a lease agreement, whereby the parties agreed to submit their contractual disputes to the Superior Court of Puerto Rico, is a valid exercise of con tractual reciprocal obligations. The complaint filed in the federal court will be dismissed without prejudice of litigation before the local forum.
The controversy arises from a two-year lease over real property, executed by the parties on May 21, 1983. In case of early termination of the contract, defendant-lessee was bound by a three-month…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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