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57 Fordham L. Rev. 291 (1988-1989)
Another Choice of Forum, Another Choice of Law: Consensual Adjudicatory Procedure in Federal Court

handle is hein.journals/flr57 and id is 299 raw text is: ANOTHER CHOICE OF FORUM, ANOTHER CHOICE OF LAW: CONSENSUAL ADJUDICATORY PROCEDURE IN FEDERAL COURT LINDA S. MULLENIX* Introduction ............................................. 293 A. Issues of Consensual Adjudicatory Procedure ......... 296 B. Neat Solutions and Untidy Problems ................. 302 C. Defining and Critiquing the Doctrine ................. 304 I. The Bremen: Jurisdictional Principles Afloat in International Waters ..................................... 306 A. The Bremen and National Equipment Rental, Ltd. v. Szukhent ............................................ 307 B. In the Wake of The Bremen: Steaming into Domestic W aters .............................................. 315 1. The Arbitration Trilogy .......................... 315 2. Further Supreme Court Imprimatur to Consensual Jurisdiction ...................................... 319 II. Characterization Problems: Consensual Procedure in Chaotic Confusion ....................................... 322 A. Jurisdiction, Venue or Forum Non Conveniens? ........ 322 B. Enforcement of Forum-Selection Clauses: How Does the Litigant Plead Relief? ............................ 327 C. Forum-Selection Clauses as Matters of Prorogation and Derogation ........................................... 329 III. Erie in Wonderland: Consensual Adjudicatory Procedure and Problems of Federalism .............................. 332 A. Stewart v. Ricoh as the Paradigmatic Forum-Selection Case ................................................ 334 B. Ricoh: The Supreme Court Punts .................... 336 C. Ricoh: The Weary Erie Aftermath ................... 337 IV. Further Adventures in Federalism: Consensual Adjudicatory Procedure and Removal Doctrine ........... 339 A. Forum-Selection Clauses and Applicable Law on a Removal-Remand Motion ............................ 340 B. Forum-Selection Clauses as an Independent Ground for Rem and ............................................. 342 * Associate Professor of Law, Catholic University of America Law School. B.A. 1971, City College of New York; M. Phil. 1974, Ph.D. 1977, Columbia University; J.D. 1980, Georgetown University Law Center. This Article was written with support from a summer research grant provided by the Catholic University of America Law School.

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