Silva v. Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining “the word ‘must’ expresses the parties’ intention to make the courts of [a chosen forum] the exclusive forum for disputes arising under the contract”
• the word “‘must’ expresses the parties’ intention to make the courts of Illinois” the exclusive forum
• “It is not the law that one must bargain for each and every written term of a contract.” (quotation omitted)
• “[E]ven a mandatory forum-selection clause does not in fact divest a court of jurisdiction that it otherwise retains.” (citing cases)
• court to examine “whether language of the forum-selection clause is permissive or mandatory.”
• de nova review of dismissal based on forum selection clause in employment contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).