Churchill Corp. v. Third Century, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that forum selection clause was unenforceable where parties had not freely bargained for the clause and there was no consideration for the clause
• concluding forum selection clause establishing venue in Morbley, Missouri was unreasonable, in part because it “would seriously impair [the defendants’] ability to pursue their defenses[ ]”
• stating that a contractual choice of law is valid if the transaction bears a reasonable relation to the forum whose law is chosen
• “Pennsylvania courts will uphold choice-of-law provisions in contracts to the extent that the transaction bears a reasonable relation to the chosen forum.”
• “Pennsylvania courts will uphold choice-of-law provisions in contracts to the extent that the transaction bears a reasonable relation to the chosen forum.”
• “Pennsylvania courts will uphold choice-of-law provisions in contracts to the extent that the transaction bears a reasonable relation to the chosen forum.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).