Legal Opinion
Hodes v. S.N.C. Achille Lauro ed Altri-Gestione
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 22, 1988No. Nos. 88-5086, 88-5092PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROTH, District Judge.
Appellants, defendants below, contest the refusal of the district court to enforce a foreign forum selection clause contained in a cruise ship ticket, purchased by appellees, plaintiffs below, Mildred and Frank Hodes. Finding that the clause satisfies the “reasonable communicativeness” test this court set forth in Marek v. Marpan Two, Inc., 817 F.2d 242 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 108 S.Ct. 155, 98 L.Ed.2d 110 (1987), and that its enforcement would not violate the principles the Supreme Court set forth in The Bremen v. Zapata OffShore Co., 407…
2Cases cited66 opinions
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3Cited by40 opinions
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