Leslie v. Carnival Corp.

I write further in this case only to offer the following additional considerations to balance those suggested by the dissent.2

The issue in these cases is whether the respective trial courts erred by enforcing a forum-selection clause in form contracts issued by Carnival Cruise Lines to four of its fare-paying customers, which requires that

all disputes and matters whatsoever arising under, in connection with or incident to this Contract or the Guest’s cruise ... shall be litigated, if at all, before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami, or as to those…