OPINION AND ORDER RBG Management Corp. d/b/a Morton Williams Supermarkets (“Morton Williams”) sued Village Super Market, Inc. (“Village”), alleging, among other things, tortious interference with a contract. ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”). Morton Williams objects under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 72(a) to Magistrate Judge Ona Wang’s order granting Village’s motion to transfer venue to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. ECF No. 92 (the “Transfer Order”). For the following reasons, the Court overrules Morton Williams’s objections and affirms the Transfer Order. BACKGROUND The Court presumes familiarity with the relevant facts and includes only those necessary to resolve Morton Williams’s objections. In this case (the “New York Action”), Morton Williams alleges that Village used its influence as a member of a grocery-product cooperative, Wakefern Food Corp. (“Wakefern”), to induce Wakefern to breach its long-term agreement to supply Morton Williams with private-label grocery products. Morton Williams and Wakefern’s agreement contains a forum-selection clause providing that “all claims and disputes arising out of or in connection with this agreement shall be adjudicated in” New Jersey state or federal court. ECF No. 71-5 (the “Supply Agreement”) §14(a) (further capitalization omitted). On September 14, 2023, the Court dismissed all but one of Morton Williams’s claims: its claim that Village had tortiously interfered with the Supply Agreement by inducing Wakefern to breach that agreement. See generally RBG Mgmt. Corp. v. Vill. Super Mkt., Inc., __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2023 WL 5976273 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 14, 2023). On November 2, 2023, Wakefern — which is not a party to the New York Action — sued Morton Williams in the District of New Jersey. See Complaint, Wakefern Food Corp. v. RBG Mgmt. Corp., No. 23-cv-21825 (D.N.J. Nov. 2, 2023) (the “New Jersey Action”); ECF No. 71-3 (“Wakefern Compl.”). There, Wakefern alleges that Morton Williams, not Wakefern, breached the Supply Agreement. Wakefern Compl.
33-51. In its answer in the New Jersey Action, Morton Williams has asserted a counterclaim against Wakefern for breach of contract. See ECF No. 90-1
