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"Established over 30 years ago, the BFT name is widely recognized by gate automation installers around the world as providing leading-edge au- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In a victory for construction subcontractors, the U.S. Supreme Court preserved the 24 state laws limiting the validity of forum-selection clauses in construction contracts in its ruling on Dec. 3 in Atlantic Marine Construction Co., Inc. v. United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, et al. The American Subcontractors Association filed an amicus brief in the case in August, telling the Supreme FENCELINE Looking for something? Need to know in a hurry? 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For more information on the company and its products, call 877-9958155, e-mail info.bft@bft-usa.com, or visit www.bft-usa.com. U.S. Supreme Court preserves state forum-selection laws Use the World Fence News Benefits tomation technology that is highly functional, reliable, cost-effective and durable," he added. "The company's reputation as an expert in gate automation has helped BFT align itself with over 450 distributors in 110 countries around the world." Phone 435-563-0261 Toll Free 1-866-833-9589 Patents & Patents Pending Court that a poor decision "… would compel federal courts to disregard: (1) the law of the state where the Project was located, and (2) the legitimate policy concerns those laws were designed to address." The Supreme Court said that when a federal court considers the forum for a case, "the court should not consider the parties' private interests aside from those embodied in the forum-selection clause; it may consider only public interests." "These 'public interests' most certainly would include the laws in the 24 states that limit the use of forum-selection clauses in construction," said ASA chief advocacy officer E. Colette Nelson. "That is, when determining whether a forum-selection clause is valid and should be enforced, a court can and, perhaps, should take into consideration public interest, as defined by the state legislatures." The Supreme Court's "remand," added Eric Travers, Esq., Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter, Columbus, Ohio, "was to send the case back to Texas for the federal courts there to determine whether there are any public interests that support keeping the litigation in the state where the project was located." Travers prepared ASA's "friend-of-the-court" brief. In the underlying case, the general contractor, Atlantic Marine, hired continued on page 78