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· 6/20/2008

In Re Lyon Financial Services, Inc.

Citations

  • 257 S.W.3d 228
  • 51 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 1067
  • 2008 Tex. LEXIS 580
  • 2008 WL 2487092

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  • recognizing that arbitration clauses do not require mutuality of obligation so long as adequate consideration supports the underlying contract
  • concluding that contracting party was still bound by terms of written contract despite false oral representation to the contracting party that the forum-selection clause did not apply
  • holding that forum-selection clauses do not require mutuality of obligation
  • holding inability to assert a claim for usury under Pennsylvania law did not create a public policy reason to deny enforcement of the forum-selection clause
  • explaining that a trial court abuses its discretion in refusing to enforce a forum-selection clause absent clear evidence of one of these factors
  • noting that “arbitration clauses generally do not require mutuality of obligation so long as adequate consideration supports the underlying contract”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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