The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida abused its discretion by dismissing an action for forum non conveniens without evaluating the significance of the contract’s forum-selection clause. In 2002, a representative of the Government of Belize (Government) entered into an agreement with a Belizean company, International Telecommunications, Ltd., to lease telephonic hardware equipment. The Master Lease Agreement contained a forum selection clause in which the Government “irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any of the federal and state courts of the State of Florida” in any action related to the agreement.