Legal Opinion
Furness v. Wright Medical Technology, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 23, 2005No. 04-1832PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Wright Medical Technology, Inc. (“Wright Medical”), a Tennessee corporation, appeals from the district court’s refusal to enforce the forum selection clause in an arbitration provision that was part of a distribution agreement (the “Agreement”) between Wright Medical and Ocean State Orthopedics, Inc. (“OSO”), a Rhode Island corporation. The district court affirmed a bankruptcy court’s order that the arbitration of an underlying dispute regarding the Agreement take place in Rhode Island, contrary to the Agreement’s plain language that the arbitration take…
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