LAXMI INVESTMENTS, LLC v. GOLF USA

No. 98-15758.

193 F.3d 1095 (1999)

LAXMI INVESTMENTS, LLC, a California limited liability company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GOLF USA, an Oklahoma corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Gorman, Gorman & Miller, San Jose, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Terry T. Johnson and Rebecca A. Mitchells, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: SCHROEDER, FERNANDEZ, SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

This is a dispute in which the parties have agreed to arbitration but disagree on the venue. The parties entered into a franchise agreement that specified an Oklahoma forum, but the offering circular pointed out that California law requires a California forum for franchise agreement dispute resolution. The district court for the Northern District of California held that the arbitration must proceed in Oklahoma and dismissed the franchisee...

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