Holding that strategic or artfully drawn pleadings . . . will not work to circumvent an otherwise applicable forum selection clause," and that such a clause may apply to tort or other non-contract claims where such claims depend on the existence of a contractual relationship, relate to interpretation of the contract, or involve the same operative facts as a parallel breach of contract claim
Holding non–signatories bound to forum selection clause on grounds that the non–signatories, who had provided letters of credit to signatories, had interests in the litigation that were "directly related to, if not predicated upon" those of the signatories
Holding that "contract-related tort claims involving the same operative facts as a parallel claim for breach of contract should be heard in the forum selected by the contracting parties."
Holding that the district court properly allowed later-filed suit to proceed because first-filed declaratory judgment suit was triggered by notice letter and was therefore "in apparent anticipation of [the later-filed suit]"
Holding that when there has been an interstate transfer without personal jurisdiction, the transferor state's choice of law does not apply to that defendant
Holding that forum selection clause stating "any and all causes of action hereunder by and between the parties hereto" encompassed plaintiff's claim for tortious interference
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Granting Class Plaintiffs' motion to transfer action in order to "facilitate a unified settlement approval process together with the class action cases in" In re Amex ASR