Ruggiero v. FUTURAGENE, PLC.

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that “[a] party may expressly consent to jurisdiction by contract”
• dismissing claims falling outside forum selection clause for lack of personal jurisdiction
• finding no jurisdiction where individuals signed on behalf of an entity
• “[T]o determine whether a party to a contract submitted to the court’s jurisdiction, ‘the express terms of the relevant provisions’ govern.”
• “As already discussed, the court lacks personal jurisdiction over the Individual Defendants for any claims whatsoever, rendering any theory of ancillary or pendent jurisdiction inapposite.”
• “[d]irectors of a corporation, however, are not parties to a contract simply because the corporation is a party to a contract.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).