In Re: Reappointments to the Appellate Court Procedural Rules Committee

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that courts interpret a contract “as a whole, interpreting particular language in the context of other contract provisions”
• noting that “[t]he primary objective in contract interpretation is to as- certain the mutual intent of the parties at the time they executed the contract”
• explaining that extrinsic evidence may be used to determine the meaning of specific words or terms in a contract, but not to contradict or modify the contract’s plain language
• “[C]ontract 5 No. 79236-9-I/6 interpretation is a question of law when the interpretation does not depend on the use of extrinsic evidence.”
• we view contracts as a whole by interpreting particular language in the context of other provisions
• “When a contract provides for an attorney fee award in the trial court, the party prevailing before this court may seek reasonable attorney fees incurred on appeal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).