Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 v. Thompson

How courts have described this case

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

• treating as enforceable a contractual provision denying pay for unused vacation when the employee is terminated without cause
• contract language is construed in harmony with the plain and generally accepted meaning of the words employed, and a court may not consider a party's own extrinsic expression of intent
• In a contract, “[s]ilence does not by itself necessarily create ambiguity as a matter of law.”
• “Only after a contract is deemed ambiguous may the trial court use extrinsic evidence to assist it in ascertaining the intent of the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In re the Marriage of Cardona
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2014-01-13· cited 908×
• Robbins v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2005-02-22· cited 527×
• Craig v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1999-10-04· cited 315×
• Ad Two, Inc. v. City & County of Denver
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2000-09-11· cited 180×
• Dorman v. Petrol Aspen, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1996-04-15· cited 105×
• At&T CORP. v. Lillis
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-05-22· cited 80×
• Echo Acceptance Corp. v. Household Retail Services, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2001-09-28· cited 74×
• Facilities, Inc. v. Rogers-Usry Chevrolet, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-06-30· cited 71×
• Allstate Insurance Co. v. Juniel
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1996-07-11· cited 40×
• Boyer v. Karakehian
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1996-05-20· cited 34×
• American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Hansen
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2016-06-20· cited 33×
• Bledsoe Land Co. v. Forest Oil Corp.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2011-06-23· cited 26×
• Moncrief v. Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-04-20· cited 22×
• Sch. Dist. No. 1 in the Cnty. of Denver v. Denver Classroom Teachers Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2019-01-14· cited 22×
• Public Service Co. of Colorado v. Meadow Island Ditch Co. No. 2
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2006-04-03· cited 18×
• Pentax Corp. v. Boyd
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1995-11-01· cited 17×
• Rocky Mountain Health Maintenance Organization, Inc. v. Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing Ex Rel. Rizzuto
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2001-09-13· cited 13×
• Fire Insurance Exchange v. Rael Ex Rel. Rael
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1995-03-23· cited 12×
• Employment Television Enterprises, LLC v. Barocas
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2004-08-12· cited 10×
• Vallagio at Inverness Residential Condo. Ass'n, Inc. v. Metro. Homes, Inc.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2015-05-07· cited 10×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pepcol Manufacturing Co. v. Denver Union Corp.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1984-09-17· cited 200×
• Radiology Professional Corp. v. Trinidad Area Health Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1978-04-17· cited 176×
• KN Energy, Inc. v. Great Western Sugar Co.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1985-01-14· cited 104×
• Union Rural Electric Ass'n v. Public Utilities Commission
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-03-21· cited 73×
• Northern Insurance Co. of New York v. Ekstrom
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-12-18· cited 60×
• Christmas v. Cooley
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1965-10-04· cited 55×
• Cooley v. Big Horn Harvestore Systems, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1991-06-24· cited 51×
• Consolidated Bearings Co. v. Ehret-Krohn Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-09-20· cited 48×
• Alexander v. Morrison-Knudsen Company
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1968-06-17· cited 36×
• Hott v. Tillotson-Lewis Construction Co.
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1983-12-29· cited 18×
• Alley v. McMath
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1959-11-09· cited 16×
• Regan v. Customcraft Homes, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1970-01-12· cited 8×
• Thompson v. Cheyenne Mountain School District No. 12
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1993-02-01· cited 2×