Union Steel America Co. v. M/V SANKO SPRUCE

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a time-bar does not preclude enforcement of a forum-selection clause because “the analysis does not hinge on whether a clause is unreasonable in light of present circumstances created by plaintiff’s failure to file in the correct forum.”
• finding that the word “shall” in a forum-selection clause indicated that the clause was mandatory and exclusive
• finding that forum selection clause indicating two possible fora excludes all other fora
• finding provision mandatory when it allowed litigation in selected forum, or arbitration at election of one party
• finding forum selection provision mandatory when it provided that disputes \shall be decided\ in the selected forum
• collecting cases where courts have rejected argument that there is no presumption of validity because forum selection clause is part of adhesion contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).