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· 6/24/2015

Carter's of New Bedford, Inc. v. Nike, Inc.

Citations

  • 790 F.3d 289
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 10692
  • 2015 WL 3876703

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a claim for unfair competition fell within scope of “in connection with” clause
  • rejecting public-policy argument against enforcement of forum selection clause in part because \[t]here is no suggestion in this case that the claim would not be honored\ in the selected forum
  • dismissing, among other claims, a 93A claim pursuant to a valid forum selection clause where there was \no suggestion . . . that the claim would not be honored in [the other state]\
  • “The burden of proof is on the party opposing the enforcement of the forum selection clause.”
  • “[I]t is the language of the forum selection clause itself that determines which claims fall within its scope.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Lynch, Torruella, Kayatta

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