Early this month the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed a ruling by the Chancery Court in Ingres Corp. v. CA Inc. The court took the opportunity to reaffirm and clarify its holding in the 1970 case McWane Cast Iron Pipe Corp. v. McDowell-Wellman Engineering Co. and assert the legitimacy of forum selection clauses.
The original dispute was a breach-of-contract action Ingres brought in California against CA. CA then filed the instant action in Chancery Court, requesting preliminary and permanent injunctive relief that would halt the California suit and make Ingres perform its obligations under various contracts, the Supreme Court opinion said.
