Gerald M. Dunne v. Peter E. Libbra

MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Dunne appeals the district court’s dismissal of his diversity action under a contract’s forum selection clause. We reverse.

In the fall of 2000, Libbra and his attorney solicited Dunne in Missouri to discuss Dunne’s possible purchase of Libbra’s fifty-one percent ownership interest in Prai-rieland Construction, Inc., a Delaware Corporation with its headquarters in Illinois. Communication, meetings, and due diligence reviews concerning the possible purchase continued through the fall of 2001, at which túne the parties executed a series of documents to consummate the sale.…