· 8/17/2017
United States v. Hamid Mohamed Ahmed Ali Rehaif
Citations
- 868 F.3d 907
- 2017 WL 3526849
- 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 15499
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- holding that a similar Idaho nonwaiver provision “clearly states a strong public policy” based on the contrived distinction that the Idaho statute actually uses the words “public policy”
- holding that Bremen remains 16 good law in determining what constitutes an “exceptional reason” or “extraordinary circumstances” 17 under Atlantic Marine
- holding that Bremen remains good law 27 in determining what constitutes an “exceptional reason” or “extraordinary circumstances” under Atlantic Marine
- holding that Bremen remains good law 27 in determining what constitutes an “exceptional reason” or “extraordinary circumstances” under Atlantic Marine
- recognizing that under federal law, a forum-selection clause is controlling absent a strong showing that “enforcement would contravene a strong public policy of the forum in which suit is brought, whether declared by statute or by judicial decision”
- noting that “only four 12 other states,” not including California, have comparable statutes to Idaho, and explaining 13 that such exceptions are “bound to be far from routine”
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Judges: Carnes, Pryor, Dubina
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