Fleming Companies, Inc. v. Thriftway Medford Lakes, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing does not operate to alter the clear terms of an agreement and may not be invoked to preclude a party from exercising its express rights under such an agreement”
• holding that “the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing does not operate to alter the clear terms of an agreement and may not be invoked to preclude a party from exercising its express rights under such an agreement”
• noting that reformation is available only upon a showing of fraud, mistake, duress, unconscionability, or illegality
• “[I]t is well settled that affixing a signature to a contract creates a conclusive presumption that the signer read, understood, and assented to its terms.”

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