Legal Opinion
Alexander Proudfoot Company World Headquarters L.P. And Apco, Inc. v. Dennis C. Thayer
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 19, 1989No. 88-5701PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, Chief District Judge:
On the footheels of Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp., 810 F.2d 1066 (11th Cir.1987), affd, — U.S. -, 108 S.Ct. 2239, 101 L.Ed.2d 22 (1988), we return to the “Irrepressible Myth of Erie 2 ” in the forum selection clause context. We now are faced with a' forum selection clause wherein the parties specifically consent to personal jurisdiction in Florida.
The district court found this contractual clause insufficient to confer in personam jurisdiction under the law of the forum state, Florida. The trial court then granted a motion to dismiss for…
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