Brinson v. Martin

How courts have described this case

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

• applying Georgia law to the questions of proper venue even when the contract at issue contained forum-selection and choice-of-law provisions that Nebraska law should apply
• upholding dismissal of complaint for improper venue where “nothing in the record indicat[ed] that [employer] obtained [employee’s] assent to the forum selection clause [in employment contract] by fraud or overreaching”
• upholding dismissal of complaint for improper venue where there was no showing that an employer had fraudulently obtained an employee’s assent to include forum selection clause in an employment contract
• “statutes governing the place of bringing a suit do not affect the parties’ substantive rights, hut rather are a matter of procedure”
• “[u]nder the rule of lex fori, procedural or remedial questions are governed by the law of the forum, the state in which the action is brought”
• “one who signs a contract is presumed to know its contents . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Caperton v. AT Massey Coal Co., Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2009-11-30· cited 43×
• Iero v. Mohawk Finishing Products, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-04-20· cited 23×
• Autonation Financial Services Corp. v. Arain
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-11-20· cited 22×
• Euler-Siac SPA v. Drama Marble Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-08· cited 22×
• Caperton v. AT Massey Coal Co., Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2008-07-28· cited 20×
• Lapolla Industries, Inc. v. Hess
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-11-15· cited 20×
• Bunker Hill International, Ltd. v. Nationsbuilder Insurance Services, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-05-05· cited 17×
• Houseboat Store, LLC v. Chris-Craft Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-11· cited 16×
• SR Business Services, Inc. v. Bryant
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-05-10· cited 16×
• Antec Corp. v. Popcorn Channel, L.P.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-27· cited 15×
• EHCA CARTERSVILLE, LLC v. Turner
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-02-13· cited 14×
• Rose v. Waldrip
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-07-12· cited 11×
• Equity Trust Company v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-10-19· cited 10×
• Moon v. CSA — Credit Solutions of America, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-06-22· cited 8×
• Lease Finance Group v. Delphi, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-09· cited 7×
• Laibe Corp. v. General Pump & Well, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-09· cited 7×
• Amermed Corp. v. Disetronic Holding AG
  N.D. Georgia· 1998-07-21· cited 6×
• Gapiii, Inc. v. Seal Industries, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-07-13· cited 6×
• Carbo v. Colonial Pacific Leasing Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-12-16· cited 5×
• Huddle House, Inc. v. Paragon Foods, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-09-25· cited 5×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-17· cited 1,405×
• Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc. v. McNeal
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-10-18· cited 38×
• Lloyd v. Prudential Securities, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-12-03· cited 26×
• Harry S. Peterson Co. v. NAT. UNION FIRE INSURANCE CO.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-07-16· cited 24×
• INTERNATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-02-10· cited 18×
• Cartridge Rental Network v. Video Entertainment, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-09-26· cited 11×
• Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Gainesville Iron Works, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-03-17· cited 10×