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· 4/4/1957

Baccale v. City of New York

Citations

  • 2 N.Y.2d 951
  • 142 N.E.2d 422

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • limiting general partner's discretion to revalue limited partners' capital accounts to prevent, inter alia, general partner from being permitted to retain incentive compensation based on phantom profits
  • “A contract should not be interpreted to produce a result that is absurd, commercially unreasonable, or contrary to the reasonable expectations of the parties.”
  • “A contract should not be interpreted to produce a result that is absurd, commercially unreasonable or contrary to the reasonable expectations of the parties.” (citations omitted)
  • “A contract should not be interpreted to produce a result that is absurd, commercially unreasonable, or contrary to the reasonable expectations of the parties.”
  • “A contract should not be interpreted to produce a result that is absurd, commercially unreasonable, or contrary to the reasonable expectations of the parties.”
  • “A contract should not be interpreted to produce a result that is absurd or contrary to the reasonable expectations of the parties.”

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Judges: Burke, Conway, Desmond, Dye, Froessel, Fuld, Voorhis

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