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12 Texas opinions name it 3 courts 2007–2025 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Texas courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Grigson v. Creative Artists Agency, L.L.C.green2 sentences2011In that case, the court advised: "Courts should apply equitable estoppel when a signatory to the contract containing the forum-selection clause raises allegations of substantially interdependent and concerted misconduct by both nonsignatories and one or more signatories to the contract." Id. at 694 (citing Grigson v. Creative Artists Agency, L.L.C., 210 F.3d 524, 527 (5th Cir.2000), and Meyer v. WMCO-GP, L.L.C., 211 S.W.3d 302, 306 (Tex.2006)). 2011In that case, the court advised: “Courts should apply equitable estoppel when a signatory to the contract containing the forum-selection clause raises allegations of substantially interdependent and concerted misconduct by both nonsig-natories and one or more signatories to the contract.” Id. at 694 (citing Grigson v. Creative Artists Agency, L.L.C., 210 F.3d 524, 527 (5th Cir.2000), and Meyer v. WMCO-GP, L.L.C., 211 S.W.3d 302, 306 (Tex.2006)). | 3 | 3 |
Meyer v. WMCO-GP, LLCgreen2 sentences2011In that case, the court advised: "Courts should apply equitable estoppel when a signatory to the contract containing the forum-selection clause raises allegations of substantially interdependent and concerted misconduct by both nonsignatories and one or more signatories to the contract." Id. at 694 (citing Grigson v. Creative Artists Agency, L.L.C., 210 F.3d 524, 527 (5th Cir.2000), and Meyer v. WMCO-GP, L.L.C., 211 S.W.3d 302, 306 (Tex.2006)). 2011In that case, the court advised: “Courts should apply equitable estoppel when a signatory to the contract containing the forum-selection clause raises allegations of substantially interdependent and concerted misconduct by both nonsig-natories and one or more signatories to the contract.” Id. at 694 (citing Grigson v. Creative Artists Agency, L.L.C., 210 F.3d 524, 527 (5th Cir.2000), and Meyer v. WMCO-GP, L.L.C., 211 S.W.3d 302, 306 (Tex.2006)). | 3 | 3 |
Deep Water Slender Wells, Ltd. v. Shell International Exploration & Production, Inc.green2 sentences2025Courts have held that equitable estoppel is applicable “when a signatory to the contract containing the forum-selection clause raises allegations of substantially interdependent and concerted misconduct by both nonsignatories and one or more signatories to the contract.” Deep Water Slender Wells, Ltd. v. Shell Int’l Expl. & Prod., Inc., 234 S.W.3d 679, 694 (Tex. App.— Houston [14th Dist.] 2007, pet. denied). 2017Deep Water Slender Wells, Ltd. v. Shell Int’l Expl. & Prod., Inc., 234 S.W.3d 679, 694 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2007, pet. denied) (“Courts should apply equitable estoppel when a signatory to the contract containing the forum-selection clause raises allegations of substantially interdependent and concerted misconduct by both nonsignatories and one or more signatories to the contract.”). . | 2 | 6 |
Pinto Technology Ventures, L.P. v. Sheldongreen2 sentences2020In Sheldon, the court noted that many other courts, including our own, have held that “transaction participants” may enforce a valid forum-selection clause even if they did not sign the contract containing the forum-selection clause.4 Sheldon, 526 S.W.3d at 444 (discussing theory and collecting cases). 2020The court also observed that “[c]ourts recognizing the validity of this enforcement theory have done so ‘solely in the context of a nonsignatory defendant attempting to enforce a forum-selection clause against a signatory plaintiff, who did not want the clause enforced.’” Id. 4 Without embracing the theory, the court nevertheless explained the rationale behind it, i.e., that the transaction-participant theory is rooted in foreseeability. | 1 | 3 |
Awde v. Dabeitgreen1 sentence2010(Nigeria) Ltd. v. Pro-Line Corp., 938 S.W.2d 440, 443 (Tex. 1997); Awde v. Dabeit, 938 S.W.2d 31, 33 (Tex. 1997). 5 a contract containing the forum-selection clause. | 1 | 1 |
IKB Industries (Nigeria) Ltd. v. Pro-Line Corp.green1 sentence2010(Nigeria) Ltd. v. Pro-Line Corp., 938 S.W.2d 440, 443 (Tex. 1997); Awde v. Dabeit, 938 S.W.2d 31, 33 (Tex. 1997). 5 a contract containing the forum-selection clause. | 1 | 1 |
In Re International Profit Associates, Inc.green2 sentences2009See Id. ("Scott Riddell claims not to have seen page one of the contract containing the forum-selection clause at the time he signed it."). 2009The Supreme Court reasoned: "Even assuming that Riddell was not shown page one of the contract, the statements on pages two through four of the contract put him on notice that page one existed; he could have asked for the missing page." Id. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Texas. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Clinton v. Janger
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1 sentence2007We defined “transaction participant” to mean “an employee of one of the contracting parties who is individually named by another contracting party in a suit arising out of the contract containing the forum-selection clause.” Id. | 1 | 2007–2007 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.