Sonus-USA, Inc. v. Thomas W. Lyons, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the agreement’s use of the word shall indicated the forum selection clause was a mandatory provision that must be enforced
• “The use of the word ‘shall’ in the document is clearly ‘indicative of a mandatory provision rather than one that is permissive.’” (quoting Golden Palm Hosp., Inc. v. Stearns Bank Nat. Ass’n, 874 So. 2d 1231, 1237 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-06-26· cited 14×
• Michaluk v. Credorax (USA), Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-05-13· cited 13×
• Allstate Fire & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Hradecky
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-10-26· cited 7×
• Russomano v. Maresca
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-06-21· cited 2×
• Michaluex C. Credorax
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-05-13
• PROPERTY REGISTRATION CHAMPIONS, LLC v. DAVID MULBERRY
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-11-13
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  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-07-24
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Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Manrique v. Fabbri
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-08-21· cited 115×
• Granados Quinones v. Swiss Bank Corp.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-05-28· cited 58×
• Sauder v. Rayman
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-11-28· cited 26×
• SHOPPES LP v. Conn
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-11-01· cited 26×
• Golden Palm Hospitality, Inc. v. STEARNS BANK NATL. ASS'N
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-05-28· cited 26×
• Regal Kitchens v. O'Connor & Taylor Condo.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-02-09· cited 22×
• Ware Else, Inc. v. Ofstein
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-10-17· cited 19×
• Dataline Corp. v. LD Mullins Lumber Co., Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-11-13· cited 11×