Volunteer Energy Services, Inc. v. Option Energy, LLC

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a contract dispute between Volunteer Energy Services, Inc. (“Volunteer”), a natural-gas supplier that is incorporated and has its principal offices in Ohio, and Option Energy, LLC (“Option”), an alternative-energy broker that is organized in Michigan. The two companies entered into an Agent Agreement (“Agreement”) on February 2, 2009, in which Option agreed to procure customers for Volunteer in exchange for commissions. During the life of the contract, Volunteer learned that Option was soliciting Volunteer customers and transferring them over to another…