Legal Opinion
The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 12, 1972No. 71-322PublishedCited by 3,398 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to review a judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declining to enforce a forum-selection clause governing disputes arising under an international towage contract between petitioners and respondent. The circuits have differed in their approach to such clauses.1 For the reasons stated hereafter, we vacate the judgment of the Court of Appeals.
In November 1967, respondent Zapata, a Houston-based American corporation, contracted with petitioner Unterweser, a German corporation, to tow Zapata's ocean-going, self-elevating drilling rig Chaparral…
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