Legal Opinion
Picken v. Minuteman Press International, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided August 3, 1993No. Civ. A. 1:92-CV-2011-JOFPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
FORRESTER, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on Defendant Minuteman Press International, Inc.’s motion to transfer. Plaintiffs Henry and Cheryl Picken and Single Source Business Services, Inc., originally filed this action in the State Court of Cobb County, Georgia. Defendants timely removed this diversity action to this court. Defendants now ask that this case be transferred to the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, relying on a forum selection clause found in the franchise agreement between the parties.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs Henry and Cheryl Picken moved…
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