Superior Court, State of California

Zapata Off-Shore Co. (1972) 407 U.S. 1 and under state law in Smith, Valentino & Smith v. Superior Court (1976) 17 Cal.3d 491. A contractual provision specifying the state in which an action must be initiated is valid, and is enforceable in the trial judge's discretion, in the absence of a showing that enforcement would be unreasonable. ................
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