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YAVUZ v. 61 MM, LTD.

No. 08-5161.

576 F.3d 1166 (2009)

Orhan YAVUZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 61 MM, LTD., an Oklahoma limited partnership, 61 MM, Corp., an Oklahoma corporation, Adi Kamel Mohamed, also known as Kamal Adi, and FPM S.A., a corporation, doing business as FPM Finastate Projects Management S.A., a Swiss corporation, Defendants-Appellees, and Sigofine S.A., a Panamanian corporation, and Euroeast Corp., also known as Euro-Eastcorp, a Panamanian corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 13, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Skeith (Kenneth M. Smith with him on the briefs), Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison & Lewis, Tulsa, OK, for Appellant.

Timothy A. Carney (James M. Sturdivant with him on the brief), GableGotwals, Tulsa, OK, for Appellees Adi and FPM, S.A., and Grant E. Cheadle, Cheadle & Associates, Inc., Tulsa, OK, for Appellees, 61 MM Corp. and 61 MM Ltd.

Before MURPHY, SEYMOUR, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

This financial fraud case involves parties, witnesses, and real property located in, among other places, Switzerland, Turkey, Panama, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Plaintiff Orhan Yavuz, a Turkish citizen, alleges the various Swiss, American, and Panamanian defendants defrauded him of money used to purchase property in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Relying on a Swiss choice-of-forum clause in the master agreement among the principal parties, the defendants contend...

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