SECURITY WATCH, INC. v. SENTINEL SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 97-6496.

176 F.3d 369 (1999)

SECURITY WATCH, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SENTINEL SYSTEMS, INC.; American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Adelman (argued and briefed), John Cacciatore, Glassman, Jeter, Edwards & Wade, Memphis, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Rebecca P. Tuttle (argued and briefed), Steven C. Brammer (briefed), Farris, Mathews, Branan & Hellen, Memphis, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: JONES, SUHRHEINRICH, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Security Watch, Inc. ("Security"), a dealer in security systems, brought this action in the Western District of Tennessee against Defendant-Appellee Sentinel Systems, Inc. ("Sentinel"), its distributor, and Defendant-Appellee American Telephone and Telegraph Company ("AT & T"), the manufacturer of the systems. Holding that the Tennessee forum was precluded under the pertinent dealer contracts, the district...

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