Gorman v. Wolf

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• noting that a sophisticated business party cannot avoid a forum-selection clause by claiming to have been the victim of fraud or overreaching
• noting that a sophisticated business party cannot avoid a forum-selection clause by claiming to have been the victim of fraud or overreaching
• finding that numerous email and telephone communications, as well as contract documents, being directed to plaintiff at his home in the Northern District of Illinois, was “more than sufficient to establish venue” in that district under § 1391(b)(2)
• “A forum selection clause is mandatory where its ‘language is obligatory’ and ‘clearly manifests an intent to make venue compulsory and exclusive.’ ”

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