Phillips v. Audio Active Ltd.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2007-07-24

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CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge: A plaintiff may think that as the initiator of a lawsuit he is the lord and master, of where the litigation will be tried and under what law. But if he is a party to a contract that contains forum selection and choice of law clauses his view of himself as ruler of all he surveys may, like an inflated balloon, suffer considerable loss of altitude. Such i…

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