In Atlantic Marine Construction Co., Inc. v. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Case No. 12-929 (decided Dec. 3, 2013), the Supreme Court clarified how federal courts should enforce a forum selection clause contained in a contract. The case involved a contract dispute between a corporation based in Virginia and a corporation based in Texas. They entered into a contract that provided that all disputes would be litigated in Virginia state court in Norfolk, Virginia or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. When a dispute arose, the Texas corporation filed a… Read more