Claudio-De León v. Sistema Universitario Ana G. Méndez

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that, when the district court is “silent on the issue of prejudice,” the Court of Appeals “presume[s] that such a dismissal was with prejudice”
• affirming dismissal of the plaintiff’s complaint on forum selection clause grounds but modifying the judgment to dismissal without prejudice so that the action could be re-filed in the proper venue
• forum-selection clause was “no doubt” mandatory because “it is axiomatic that the word ‘shall’ has a mandatory connotation”
• forum-selection clause was “no doubt” mandatory because “it is axiomatic that the word ‘shall’ has a mandatory connotation”
• forum-selection clause was “no doubt” mandatory because “it is axiomatic that the word ‘shall’ has a mandatory connotation”
• “we, like the district court, may consider . . . ‘documents central to plaintiffs’ claim,’ and ‘documents sufficiently referred to in the complaint’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).