In re Automated Collection Technologies Inc

In In re Automated Collection Technologies Inc., 156 S.W.3d 557, 2004 Tex. (2004), the court held that enforcement of a forum-selection clause was mandatory unless a party opposing enforcement "clearly shows that enforcement would be unreasonable and unjust, or that the clause was invalid for such reason as fraud and overreaching." Id. The court in Automated held that because the party objecting to enforcement of the forum-selection clause failed to introduce any evidence in support of its opposition, the trial court "was required to enforce the clause" and abused its discretion in not doing so. Id. Accordingly, in Texas, enforcement of a forum-selection clause is mandatory unless the party opposing enforcement clearly shows that enforcement would be unreasonable and unjust, or that the clause was invalid for such reasons as fraud or overreaching.