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Journal of American Arbitration (JAA) - Vol. 5, No. 1
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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,
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.
