Banco Do Brasil, S.A. v. Latian, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• whether a contract is reasonably susceptible of a meaning advanced by parole evidence is a question of law reviewed de novo
• whether a contract is reasonably susceptible of a meaning advanced by parole evidence is a question of law reviewed de novo
• “[I]t cannot reasonably be presumed that the parties intended to integrate two directly contradictory terms in the same agreement.”
• an integration clause “may well be conclusive on the issue of integration”
• an integration clause \may well be conclusive on the issue of integration\
• “Testimony of intention which is contrary to a contract's expressed terms ... does not give meaning to the contract; rather it seeks to substitute a different meaning.... [S]uch evidence must be excluded.''

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).