Calanca v. D & S MANUFACTURING CO.

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• stating that word \shall\ in forum-selection clause means the stated forum is exclusive
• applying a six-factor test to determine the enforceability of a forum selection clause, the first being the governing law of the contract
• governing law is the state’s law specified in the contract as the governing law of the contract
• relying on the Supreme Court’s decision in Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Co., 407 U.S. 1, 92 S.Ct. 1907, 32 L.Ed.2d 513 (1972), to analyze forum selection clauses
• upholding a forum- selection clause in an employment contract between a salesman and a corporation, even though the designated forum, where the corporation resided, was inconvenient for the salesman, who resided in a different state
• where an Illinois salesman tried to sue his former employer, a Wisconsin corporation, in Illinois for breach of contract to obtain commissions owed him

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