Legal Opinion
Sterling Forest Associates, Ltd. v. Barnett-Range Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 26, 1988No. 87-2514PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Senior Circuit Judge,
Sitting by Designation:
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 673 F.Supp. 1394, Boyle, J., denying enforcement of a forum selection clause in a Purchase Agreement that was drafted in California. The Agreement provided that Sterling Forest Associates, Ltd. (Sterling), a Georgia limited partnership, would purchase a tract of land in North Carolina, and Barnett-Range Corporation (Barnett), a California corporation, would build an apartment complex on it. Differences arose, with the…
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