Mealey's (October 30, 2019, 9:58 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 25 denied a petition for writ of mandamus filed by a tool distribution franchisor seeking to compel a district court to dismiss a franchisee’s lawsuit over employment status or to transfer it to Ohio pursuant to a forum-selection clause in distributor agreements (In re: Matco Tools Corporation, et al., No. 19-71352, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 32060)....