Legal Opinion
General Electric Company v. G. Siempelkamp Gmbh & Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1994No. 93-3111PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant General Electric Co. (“GE”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of its tort and contract claims against Defendant-Appellee G. Siempelkamp GmbH & Co. (“Siempelkamp”) due to a forum selection clause in the parties’ contract stating that the German courts have jurisdiction over all disputes concerning the contract. 809 F.Supp. 1306. We affirm.
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In April 1987, GE contacted an American subsidiary of Siempelkamp, a German manufacturer of heavy machinery, and expressed an interest in Siempelkamp’s “Conti Roll” presses built for the production…
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