Legal Opinion
Yavuz v. 61 MM, LTD.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 13, 2009No. 08-5161PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
This financial fraud case involves parties, witnesses, and real property located in, among other places, Switzerland, Turkey, Panama, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Plaintiff Orhan Yavuz, a Turkish citizen, alleges the various Swiss, American, and Panamanian defendants defrauded him of money used to purchase property in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Relying on a Swiss ehoice-offorum clause in the master agreement among the principal parties, the defendants contend the case should be litigated in Switzerland.
The district court agreed and dismissed the suit on forum non conveniens grounds,…
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