High Life Sales Co. v. Brown-Forman Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the importance of the freedom of contract between parties overrides any public policy interest in guaranteeing Missouri residents a right of access to Missouri courts
• holding that freedom to contract for a forum selection clause, as long as it was not unfair or unreasonable, overrides public policy in guaranteeing access to courts
• de-termining loss of profits in action for alleged wrongful termination of distribution agreement were factual issues for jury
• determining loss of profits in action for alleged wrongful termination of distribution agreement were factual issues for jury
• “It is not clear whether there was specific negotiation on the forum selection clause, but this is not critical; the important factor is that the contract terms were generally arrived at under circumstances that cannot be described as ‘adhesive.’”
• adopting “the better-reasoned majority rule” announced in Bremen

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).