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· 5/8/2001

Donald R. Scribner v. Worldcom, Inc., a Georgia Corporation

Citations

  • 249 F.3d 902
  • 2001 Daily Journal DAR 4467
  • 17 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 961
  • 26 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1860
  • 2001 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3618
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 8562
  • 2001 WL 476879

How courts have described this case

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

  • applying -26- Washington law, court reviews stock-option committee's interpretation of plan's terms to determine whether it was made in good faith
  • “We cannot allow one party’s ‘double-secret’ interpretation of a word to undermine the other party’s justified expectations as to what that word means”
  • \The duty of good faith and fair dealing applies when one party has discretion to determine certain terms of the contract.\
  • “Good faith limits the authority of a party retaining discretion to interpret contract terms; it does not provide a blank check for that party to define terms however it chooses.”

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Judges: Thompson, Trott, Paez

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