AOL, LLC, mistakenly made public the personal information of six hundred fifty thousand of its members. The members filed a suit in California, alleging violations of federal law and California state law. The member agreement between AOL and its members included a provision declaring Virginia as the location of any court dispute. AOL asked the court to dismiss the suit on the basis of that "forum-selection" clause in its member agreement. Under a previous decision of the United States Supreme Court, a forum-selection clause is unenforceable "if enforcement would contravene a strong public policy of the forum in which suit is brought." California courts previously have held in other cases that clauses similar to the AOL clause contravene a strong public policy. In deciding whether to dismiss the suit, the court in California first should look to _______ sources of law, or sources that establish the law.

AOL, LLC, mistakenly made public the personal information of six hundred fifty thousand of its members. The members filed a suit in California, alleging violations of federal law and California state law. The member agreement between AOL and its members included a provision declaring Virginia as the location of any court dispute. AOL asked the court to dismiss the suit on the basis of that "forum-selection" clause in its member agreement. Under a previous decision of the United States Supreme Court, a forum-selection clause is unenforceable "if enforcement would contravene a strong public policy of the forum in which suit is brought." California courts previously have held in other cases that clauses similar to the AOL clause contravene a strong public policy. Two important resources for the court in making this decision are the state and federal __________ , which outline the powers, and limits to those powers, of the state and federal governments.

AOL, LLC, mistakenly made public the personal information of six hundred fifty thousand of its members. The members filed a suit in California, alleging violations of federal law and California state law. The member agreement between AOL and its members included a provision declaring Virginia as the location of any court dispute. AOL asked the court to dismiss the suit on the basis of that "forum-selection" clause in its member agreement. Under a previous decision of the United States Supreme Court, a forum-selection clause is unenforceable "if enforcement would contravene a strong public policy of the forum in which suit is brought." California courts previously have held in other cases that clauses similar to the AOL clause contravene a strong public policy. Another resource for the court are the _______ passed by the United States ________ and the state ________ .

AOL, LLC, mistakenly made public the personal information of six hundred fifty thousand of its members. The members filed a suit in California, alleging violations of federal law and California state law. The member agreement between AOL and its members included a provision declaring Virginia as the location of any court dispute. AOL asked the court to dismiss the suit on the basis of that "forum-selection" clause in its member agreement. Under a previous decision of the United States Supreme Court, a forum-selection clause is unenforceable "if enforcement would contravene a strong public policy of the forum in which suit is brought." California courts previously have held in other cases that clauses similar to the AOL clause contravene a strong public policy. If the court cannot find any sources of law that establish or direct their decision to dismiss the suit, the court should then turn to ________ sources of law for guidance.

AOL, LLC, mistakenly made public the personal information of six hundred fifty thousand of its members. The members filed a suit in California, alleging violations of federal law and California state law. The member agreement between AOL and its members included a provision declaring Virginia as the location of any court dispute. AOL asked the court to dismiss the suit on the basis of that "forum-selection" clause in its member agreement. Under a previous decision of the United States Supreme Court, a forum-selection clause is unenforceable "if enforcement would contravene a strong public policy of the forum in which suit is brought." California courts previously have held in other cases that clauses similar to the AOL clause contravene a strong public policy. If the California court turns to prior court opinions to determine if it should dismiss the suit, it is looking for ________ .

AOL, LLC, mistakenly made public the personal information of six hundred fifty thousand of its members. The members filed a suit in California, alleging violations of federal law and California state law. The member agreement between AOL and its members included a provision declaring Virginia as the location of any court dispute. AOL asked the court to dismiss the suit on the basis of that "forum-selection" clause in its member agreement. Under a previous decision of the United States Supreme Court, a forum-selection clause is unenforceable "if enforcement would contravene a strong public policy of the forum in which suit is brought." California courts previously have held in other cases that clauses similar to the AOL clause contravene a strong public policy. The system of prior court opinions is called

AOL, LLC, mistakenly made public the personal information of six hundred fifty thousand of its members. The members filed a suit in California, alleging violations of federal law and California state law. The member agreement between AOL and its members included a provision declaring Virginia as the location of any court dispute. AOL asked the court to dismiss the suit on the basis of that "forum-selection" clause in its member agreement. Under a previous decision of the United States Supreme Court, a forum-selection clause is unenforceable "if enforcement would contravene a strong public policy of the forum in which suit is brought." California courts previously have held in other cases that clauses similar to the AOL clause contravene a strong public policy. The California court will follow the decision of the United States Supreme Court because of the doctrine of _________ . The United States Supreme Court decision is _______ on the California courts.

AOL, LLC, mistakenly made public the personal information of six hundred fifty thousand of its members. The members filed a suit in California, alleging violations of federal law and California state law. The member agreement between AOL and its members included a provision declaring Virginia as the location of any court dispute. AOL asked the court to dismiss the suit on the basis of that "forum-selection" clause in its member agreement. Under a previous decision of the United States Supreme Court, a forum-selection clause is unenforceable "if enforcement would contravene a strong public policy of the forum in which suit is brought." California courts previously have held in other cases that clauses similar to the AOL clause contravene a strong public policy. Because of the United States Supreme Court opinion and the prior California cases regarding clauses of this type, the California court _______ enforce the clause in the contract.

AOL, LLC, mistakenly made public the personal information of six hundred fifty thousand of its members. The members filed a suit in California, alleging violations of federal law and California state law. The member agreement between AOL and its members included a provision declaring Virginia as the location of any court dispute. AOL asked the court to dismiss the suit on the basis of that "forum-selection" clause in its member agreement. Under a previous decision of the United States Supreme Court, a forum-selection clause is unenforceable "if enforcement would contravene a strong public policy of the forum in which suit is brought." California courts previously have held in other cases that clauses similar to the AOL clause contravene a strong public policy. Because of the precedent set, the California court _______ dismiss the suit and the case will be heard in _________.