Hunt Wesson Foods, Inc. v. Supreme Oil Company

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• holding that a forum- selection clause stating that certain courts in California “shall have jurisdiction” did not create exclusive jurisdiction
• holding that clause stating that “[t]he courts of California, County of Orange, shall have jurisdiction over the parties in any action at law relating to the subject matter or the interpretation of this contract” did not provide for exclusive jurisdiction
• determining that a forum-selection clause providing that “[t]he courts of California, County of Orange, shall have jurisdiction over the parties in any action at law relating to the subject matter or the interpretation of this contract” was permissive
• determining that a forum-selection clause providing that “[t]he courts of California, County of Orange, shall have jurisdiction over the parties in any action at law relating to the subject matter or the interpretation of this contract” was permissive
• determining that a forum-selection clause providing that “[t]he courts of California, County of Orange, shall have jurisdiction over the parties in any action at law relating to the subject matter or the interpretation of this contract” was permissive
• finding forum selection language stating that California state court “shall have jurisdiction” to be permissive rather than mandatory

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).