Johnson v. Rankin

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that a forum selection clause also applies to a non- signatory third party where the third party’s conduct is closely related to the contractual relationship or the contractual dispute and where the third party enjoys financial benefit from the contract
• holding non-signatory was bound by a forum selection clause contained in a non-compete signed by individuals with whom the non- signatory conspired to create and run a company that violated the non-compete
• surveying wide array of contractual disputes applying the closely-related party doctrine
• “[T]he Court deems the forum selection clauses applicable to [the non-signatory defendant], making him subject to this Court’s personal jurisdiction.”
• “[T]he Court deems the forum selection clauses applicable to [the non-signatory defendant], making him subject to this Court’s personal jurisdiction.”
• “All that is required is facts demonstrating a close relationship to the signatory or to the contractual dispute.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).