Ansari v. Qwest Communications: The Tenth Circuit Rules that Forum Selection in an Arbitration Clause May Only Be Enforced by the District Court with Authority Over the Specified Forum - JAA 2006 Vol. 5, No. 1

Author(s):

Michael T. Lynch

Page Count:

12 pages

Media Description:

PDF from "Journal of American Arnitration (JAA)"

Published:

July, 2011

Jurisdictions:

United States

Practice Areas:

Right to Decide on Jurisdiction,

Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements,

Court Decisions

Author Detail:

Michael T. Lynch, J.D. Candidate, Penn State Dickinson School of Law (2007). Mr. Lynch is a
contributing member of the Journal of American Arbitration.

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ARTICLES

Ansari v. Qwest Communications: The Tenth
Circuit Rules that Forum Selection in an
Arbitration Clause May Only Be Enforced by
the District Court with Authority Over the
Specified Forum
By Michael T. Lynch

I. OVERVIEW
Qwest and BUR entered into an Indefeasible Right of Use (IRU)
agreement, an exclusive long term lease for a portion of
telecommunications cable on June 28, 2001.1 BUR was to pay
$20,092,520 for eight circuits of capacity over five defined routes,
conditioned upon Qwest’s purchase of equipment from Sonus Networks,