The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Company

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FullName=The Bremen et al. v. Zapata Off-Shore Company
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SCOTUS=1972-1975
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JoinMajority=Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, and Rehnquist
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"The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Company", ussc|407|1|1972 was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court considered when a U.S. court should uphold the validity of a contractual forum selection clause.

The parties had entered into an agreement for a drilling rig to be towed from Louisiana to Italy, which included a clause stating that disputes would be settled by a court in England. When a storm forced the towing party to make land in Tampa, Florida, the other party sued there. After the lower courts refused to uphold the forum selection clause, the Supreme Court held that it was enforceable unless the party seeking to avoid it could meet the high burden of show it to be unreasonable or unjust.

See also

List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 407