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DOCTOR'S ASSOCIATES, INC. v. DISTAJO

Dockets 94-9207, 94-9293, 94-9209, and 95-7183.

66 F.3d 438 (1995)

DOCTOR'S ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Emily DISTAJO, Renato Distajo, Constantino Lamando, Milo Lamando, Jose Alberto Brenes, Alvaro Guerrero, Maria T. Guerrero, Wesam S. Youmaran, Linda Youmaran, Julie Shino, Johnson Shino, Albert Yonan, Leylah Yonan, Louis Loenneke, Mary Ann Bookout, Michael Johnson, Deborah A. Kane, Gregory F. Kane, Bruno Gianinni, Ronald Rothmund, Patricia Rothmund, John S. Papaleo, John A. McCrary, John Gillon, Sonya Smith, Paul Riise, Melissa Riise, and Rhonda Benton, Defendants-Appellants. DOCTOR'S ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond BICKEL and Sandra Bickel, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1995.

As Amended September 28, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Duree, Reinert, Duree & Crane, St. Louis, MO, for defendants-appellants Emily Distajo, Renato Distajo, Constantino Lamando, Milo Lamando, Jose Brenes, Alvaro Guerrero, Maria Guerrero, Wesam Youmaran, Linda Youmaran, Julie Shino, Johnson Shino, Albert Yonan, Leylah Yonan, Louis Loenneke, Mary Ann Bookout, Michael Johnson, Deborah A. Kane, Gregory F. Kane, Bruno Gianinni, Ronald Rothmund, Patricia Rothmund, John S. Papaleo, Raymond Bickel and Sandra Bickel.

Edward E. Angwin, Birmingham, AL, for defendants-appellants John A. McCrary, John Gillon, Sonya Smith, Paul Riise, Melissa Riise and Rhonda Benton.

Nicholas Wocl, Tooher, Puzzuoli & Wocl, Stamford, CT, for all defendants-appellants.

Edward Wood Dunham, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, CT, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: MINER, LEVAL and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:

This case is about forum-shopping, by one and all. Doctor's Associates, Inc. ("DAI") is the national franchisor of Subway sandwich shops. DAI and its franchisees entered into standard franchise agreements, which required them to arbitrate all contractual disputes in Bridgeport, Connecticut, under Connecticut law. When problems did arise, however, neither side invoked the arbitration clause. First, DAI directed its wholly owned...

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