Bentley v. Mutual Benefits Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding as permissive a clause whereby “the parties stipulate to venue in Broward County” because “[n]othing in the clause indicates that Broward County courts have exclusive jurisdiction”
• noting that courts within the Fifth Circuit have found “forum selection clauses mandatory . . . because of express language of limitation,” such as “only,” “must,” or “shall”
• noting that courts within the Fifth Circuit have found “forum selection clauses mandatory . . . because of express language of limitation,” such as “only,” “must,” or “shall”
• finding provision that stated the parties “stipulate to venue in Broward County” to be permissive
• “A principal rule of contract interpretation is that the common or normal meaning of language will be given to the words of a contract unless circumstances show that in a particular case a special meaning should be attached.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).