State ex rel. Florida Bar v. Dunham

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the Court of Chancery has exclusive jurisdiction where injunctive relief is sought
• holding that Rule 60(b)(6) permits relief under “circumstances that could not have been addressed using other procedural methods, [that] constitute an extreme hardship, or [when] manifest injustice would occur if relief were not granted.” (internal quotations omitted)
• agreeing that “a party cannot escape a valid forum selection clause . . . by arguing that the underlying contract was invalid for a reason unrelated to the forum selection . . . clause itself”
• confirming enforceability of Delaware forum selection clauses and endorsing the anti-suit injunction as a means to enforce the clause
• “[T]he Court of Chancery is the Delaware court that is constitutionally and statutorily empowered to grant injunctions and to order specific performance.”
• “. . . the Court of Chancery is the Delaware court that is constitutionally and statutorily empowered to grant injunctions and to order specific performance.”

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