DIGITAL ENTERPRISES, INC. v. ARCH TELECOM, INC.

No. 95-CA-30.

658 So.2d 20 (1995)

DIGITAL ENTERPRISES, INC. v. ARCH TELECOM, INC., and Winkle Enterprises, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 28, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Barnett, Jeffery M. Lynch, Guste, Barnett & Sushan, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

James K. Irvin, Paul Simoneaux, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Before GAUDIN, GRISBAUM and WICKER, JJ.


GAUDIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a trial court judgment upholding a clause in a contract stating that "... in the event of a dispute concerning this agreement, venue shall lie in a court of competent jurisdiction in Harris County, Texas." We affirm.

Forum-selection clauses are legal and binding. A plaintiff trying to set aside such a clause has a heavy burden.

The original petition filed in August, 1991 by Digital Enterprises, Inc., the appellant...

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