Borat Gets His Forum
posted by Dave Hoffman
It’s been widely reported that Sacha Baron Cohen and his production company won a forum selection clause motion in Alabama yesterday. As a result, etiquette teacher Kathie Martin, who was embarrassed in Borat, will have to sue in New York. I’d imagine that the case suddenly has significantly less settlement value, even assuming that she pursues it up North.
I wish I could tell you more about the lawsuit, but I can’t find the opinion online. The Alabama Supreme Court website charges a ridiculous, Bar-protecting, $200 a year for access to its opinions. But for first-year contracts students who are now taking civil procedure, the case is a good example of why the former class is much, much more important than the latter.
January 19, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Posted in: Contract Law & Beyond
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CivProProf - January 20, 2008 at 12:28 am
Dave wrote: “But for first-year contracts students who are now taking civil procedure, the case is a good example of why the former class is much, much more important than the latter.”
Come again? You meant to say that civil procedure is much more important than contracts, didn’t you?
dave hoffman - January 20, 2008 at 11:31 am
Nope!
DrexelStudent - January 20, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Dave, is your reasoning that the contractual forum selection clause made civpro irrelevant?
DrexelStudent - January 20, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Regarding forum selection, that is.
Ed Still - January 20, 2008 at 8:20 pm
The opinion is available at http://www.alabamaappellatewatch.com/1061288(1).pdf
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