Filaretou v. Christou

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that construction of a contract that “would lead to an illogical sequence of events” was not reasonable
• noting that ambiguities in a contract will be resolved against the drafter
• applying the principle to discern the meaning of “Parity Securities” in an LLC Agreement
• “This case does not fit the conventional model of contracts ‘negotiated’ by and among all the interested parties.”
• in interpreting limited liability company agreement, extrinsic evidence “yield[s] information about the views and position of only one side of the dispute,” and is therefore “unhelpful” in deciphering the contract’s meaning
• in interpreting limited liability company agreement, extrinsic evidence “yield[s] information about the views and position of only one side of the dispute,” and is therefore “unhelpful” in deciphering the contract’s meaning

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).