Vaughn v. Wells

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that non-signatory parent company was not bound by forum selection clause pursuant to closely related test when it only received “indirect” benefits through its status as a shareholder
• declining to award costs under 41(d) because “defendants did not suffer prejudice” where the case was in early stages of litigation
• dismissing a breach of contract claim where the contract contained a provision that unambiguously permitted the defendant to abandon the contract despite the complaint’s allegations to the contrary
• granting a motion to dismiss because the complaint lacked facts indicating that defendant intended to waive the termination provision – despite defendant’s continued work towards closing the acquisition
• applying the three elements of Delaware's closely related test to determine whether personal jurisdiction existed over a non-signatory, non-resident defendant based on that party's close relationship to a contract containing a forum-selection clause
• applying the three elements of Delaware’s closely related test to determine whether personal jurisdiction existed over a non-signatory, non-resident defendant based on that party’s close relationship to a contract containing a forum-selection clause

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).