John Hill & Faye H. Hill v. Lakes of Fondren Southwest

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• holding that where a contract “is susceptible to differing interpretations, each of which may be said to be as reasonable as another, then the interpretation of the contract becomes a question of fact for the jury. . . .” (quotations and citation omitted)
• “[a] written agreement that is complete, clear and unambiguous on its face must be enforced according to the plain meaning of its terms.”
• “The existence of an ambiguity, if any, is to be ascertained from the face of an agreement without regard to extrinsic evidence.” (cleaned up)
• “[B]ecause copyright licenses prohibit any use not authorized, a licen- see infringes the owner’s copyright if its use exceeds the scope of its license.”
• “Accrual of the statute of limitations begins when a reasonably diligent person in plaintiff’s position would have been put on inquiry as to the claim.”
• “The essence of an unfair competition claim under New York law is that the defendant has misappropriated the labors and expenditures of another with some element of bad faith.”

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