DUNNE v. LIBBRA

No. 02-3840.

330 F.3d 1062 (2003)

Gerald M. DUNNE, Appellant, v. Peter E. LIBBRA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 6, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad M. Deroode, argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellant.

Joel A. Benoit, argued, Springfield, IL, for appellee.

Before MELLOY, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


MELLOY, Circuit Judge.

Dunne appeals the district court's dismissal of his diversity action under a contract's forum selection clause. We reverse.

In the fall of 2000, Libbra and his attorney solicited Dunne in Missouri to discuss Dunne's possible purchase of Libbra's fifty-one percent ownership interest in Prairieland Construction, Inc., a Delaware Corporation with its headquarters in Illinois. Communication, meetings, and due diligence reviews concerning...

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