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1 Phoenix L. Rev. 1 (2008)

handle is hein.journals/phnxlwrv2008 and id is 1 raw text is: JUDICIAL PROTECTION OF FORUM SELECTION: ENFORCING PRIVATE AGREEMENTS TO LITIGATE IN STATE COURT Michael D. Moberly* I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 2 II. THE TRADITIONAL VIEw: FORUM SELECTION CLAUSES VIOLATED PUBLIC POLICY ............................................................................. 6 III. THE DECLINING JUDICIAL HOSTILITY TO FORUM SELECTION C LAU SES ....................................................................................... 9 IV. BREMEN's IMPACT ON AGREEMENTS TO LITIGATE IN STATE C O U R T ............................................................................................ 11 A. Concurrent Jurisdiction Cases ............................................ 12 1. D iversity Cases ............................................................ 12 2. Federal Question Cases ................................................ 16 a. The Original View: Agreements To Litigate Federal Questions in State Court Were Unenforceable ..................................................... 16 b. The Modem View: Agreements To Litigate Federal Questions in State Court Are Presumptively Valid ............................................. 18 B. Exclusive Jurisdiction Cases ............................................... 21 1. Commodity Exchange Act .......................................... 23 2. M iller A ct ..................................................................... 24 a. The Early View: Agreements to Litigate in State Court Were Unenforceable ................................... 24 b. Post-Bremen Cases: An Alternative View? ...... 26 V. THE ANALOGY TO ARBITRATION ......................... 29 A. Arbitration Under the Miller and Commodity Acts ............. 29 B. Arbitration Under the Securities Exchange Act: The Impact of M cM ahon ........................................................... 31 VI. THE CONFERRAL OF JURISDICTION PROBLEM ............................ 36 VII. THE SUBSTANTIVE WAIVER ISSUE ............................................ 39 VIII. THE ADEQUACY OF ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES ........................... 42 IX. STAYING THE FEDERAL ACTION: A VIABLE COMPROMISE'?........ 45 X. POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF STAYING A FEDERAL ACTION TO ENFORCE A STATE COURT FORUM SELECTION CLAUSE ............ 50 X I. CONCLUSION .............................................................................. 55 * B.B.A., J.D., University of Iowa; Shareholder, Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite, Phoenix, Arizona.

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