E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Shell Oil Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that this rule is “one of last resort, such that a court will not apply it if a problem in construction can be resolved by applying more favored rules of construction”
• refusing application of principle when contract was between du Pont and Shell Oil after extensive negotiations
• defining \dispose of\ as \[t]o attend to; settle” or \[t]o get rid of’’
• “In upholding the intentions of the parties, a court must construe the agreement as a whole, giving effect to all provisions therein.”
• “[A] court must construe the agreement as a whole, giving effect to all provisions therein.”
• “In upholding the intentions of the parties, a court must construe the agreement as a whole, giving effect to all provisions therein.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).