PREFERRED CAPITAL, INC., APPELLEE,
v.
POWER ENGINEERING GROUP, INC; PAC HEATING, INC., ET AL., APPELLANTS.
Supreme Court of Ohio.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted September 20, 2006.
Decided February 7, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Roderick Linton, L.L.P., Tamara A. O'Brien, T. Anthony Mazzola, and Jason E. Hickman, for appellee.
Mark S. Shearer, for appellants PAC Heating, Inc., Hambergs Dr. BM Tru-Site Optical Co., and Donn C. Lamon, d.b.a. Lamon Associates.
Sutter, O'Connell & Farchione, Matthew C. O'Connell, and Victoria Barto, for appellants Houston Chapter Association General Contractors of America, Inc., and Tiny's Tire Center, Inc.
Julius P. Amourgis for appellant Pro Temps, Inc.
Gary Brown, for appellant Doug Johnson & Associates, Inc.
Oldham & Dowling and Hamilton DeSaussure Jr., for appellants Rick Hore and Location Real Estate.
Gregory Glick, L.L.C., and Gregory Glick for appellants Plyley Enterprises, Inc., and Custom Data Solutions, Inc.
Roetzel & Andress, Bradley A. Wright, and Jerome G. Wyss, for appellant Home Furnishings of Clarkston, Inc.
Dykema Gossett, P.L.L.C., Edward A. Groobert, and Jill M. Wheaton, for amicus curiae Equipment Leasing Association of America, Inc., in support of appellee.
Coley & Associates Co., L.P.A., and William P. Coley II, for amicus curiae National City Commercial Capital Corporation, in support of appellee.
Tom Reilly, Attorney General of Massachusetts, and Scott D. Schafer and Geoffrey G. Why, Assistant Attorneys General, for amici curiae Attorneys General for the states of Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, in support of appellants.
Fiehrer & Lane, L.P.A., and Stephen C. Lane, for amici curiae A & B Express USA, Inc., et al., in support of appellants.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
MOYER, C.J.
{¶ 1} In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether a forum-selection clause that does not name a specific jurisdiction is valid and enforceable.
{¶ 2} Appellants are 12 out-of-state commercial entities that entered into lease agreements for telecommunications equipment with NorVergence, Inc., a New Jersey corporation. The lease agreements signed...
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