Baker v. Lamb, Leiby & MacRae

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that defendants could not enforce forum selection clause against nonparty where defendants failed to demonstrate a close connection between the nonparty and signatory
• holding that counterparties cannot be bound to a third-party contract unless the entities are so closely related that being bound to the contract becomes foreseeable
• applying the closely related analysis to determine that parties were not closely related and thus, could not enforce the forum-selection clause
• applying the closely related analysis to determine that parties were not closely related and thus, could not enforce the forum-selection clause
• declining to resolve the issue as state and federal law were aligned
• discussing when a forum selection clause can be enforced by non-signatories

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Wong v. PartyGaming Ltd.
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-12-21· cited 189×
• Magi XXI, Inc. v. Stato della Città del Vaticano
  Second Circuit· 2013-04-30· cited 142×
• Security Watch, Inc. v. Sentinel Systems, Inc. American Telephone and Telegraph Company
  Sixth Circuit· 1999-05-11· cited 118×
• Pinto Technology Ventures, L.P. v. Sheldon
  Texas Supreme Court· 2017-05-19· cited 112×
• Preferred Capital, Inc. v. Associates in Urology
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-07-12· cited 93×
• Lakeside Surfaces, Inc. v. Cambria Co., LLC
  Sixth Circuit· 2021-10-15· cited 59×
• Langley v. Prudential Mortg. Capital Co., LLC
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-10-27· cited 46×
• Firexo, Inc. v. Firexo Group Limited
  Sixth Circuit· 2024-04-12· cited 31×
• Franlink v. BACE Services
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-09-28· cited 22×
• Caperton v. AT Massey Coal Co., Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2008-07-28· cited 20×
• Ingram Barge Co., LLC v. Zen-Noh Grain Corp.
  Sixth Circuit· 2021-06-28· cited 20×
• Burtch v. Security Pacific Bank Oregon (In Re Mushroom Transportation Co.)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2000-04-11· cited 16×
• Villanueva v. Barcroft
  N.D. Ohio· 2011-09-30· cited 14×
• Quicksilver Resources, Inc. v. Eagle Drilling, LLC
  S.D. Texas· 2011-05-24· cited 13×
• Peterson v. Evapco, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2018-07-05· cited 9×
• Keehan Tennessee Invest., L.L.C. v. Praetorium Secured Fund I, L.P.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2016-12-27· cited 8×
• AJZ's Hauling, L.L.C. v. TruNorth Warranty Program of N. Am.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2021-04-08· cited 5×
• Bugna v. Fike
  California Court of Appeal· 2000-04-26· cited 5×
• Sebascodegan Enterprises, LLC v. Petland, Inc.
  D. Maine· 2009-08-26· cited 1×
• Preferred Cap Inc v. Assoc in Urology
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-07-12

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Coastal Steel Corp. v. Tilghman Wheelabrator Ltd.
  Third Circuit· 1983-05-17· cited 365×
• Roby v. Corp. of Lloyd's
  Second Circuit· 1993-06-02· cited 302×
• Hill v. Sonitrol of Southwestern Ohio, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1988-04-06· cited 204×
• Dieter M. Hugel, Gulf Coast Marine, Incorporated, and Ocean Marine Indemnity Company v. The Corporation of Lloyd's, a United Kingdom Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-07-08· cited 203×
• Certain Interested Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, England v. James E. Layne Cindy Carol Kilgore, Larry Nig Kilgore
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-06-09· cited 190×
• Riley v. Kingsley Underwriting Agencies, Ltd.
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-07-17· cited 160×
• Kenneth F. Bonny, Francesca B. Bonny and Robert D. Flesvig v. The Society of Lloyd's
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-08-05· cited 151×
• General Electric Company v. G. Siempelkamp Gmbh & Company
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-07-21· cited 82×
• Shell v. R.W. Sturge, Ltd.
  Sixth Circuit· 1995-06-08· cited 76×
• Interamerican Trade Corporation v. Companhia Fabricadora De Pecas Cofap of America, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-08-19· cited 26×
• Roby v. Corporation of Lloyd's
  S.D. New York· 1992-09-03· cited 7×
• Shell v. R.W. Sturge Ltd.
  S.D. Ohio· 1993-12-22· cited 6×
• Baker v. LeBoeuf
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-01-31· cited 2×