Haynsworth v. the Corporation

How courts have described this case

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• holding that Moseley, consistent with Prima Paint, involved an attack on the arbitration clause specifically and not the container contract
• explaining that the plaintiffs’ proposed distinction between arbitration and forum-selection clauses “contradicts both Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit precedent and consequently must be rejected” because arbitration clauses are but a subset of forum-selection clauses
• requiring the party opposing enforcement of a choice of law clause to make a clear showing that the clause was unreasonable under the circumstances
• holding that federal law governs
• illustrating the difficult burden of proving fraud and overreaching or, alternatively, illustrating the lengths plaintiffs will pursue to challenge forum clauses
• dismissing, on the basis of the forum selection clause, suits against Lloyd’s by Names alleging fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and violations of the Texas consumer fraud statute

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