Metro Office Parks Co. v. Control Data Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that as a matter of law letter of intent not binding unless parties manifest an intent that it be so
• holding that parties’ intent to be bound by letter of intent is “matter of fact”
• stating that “[wjords, phrases, or sentences [in a contract] cannot be dissected and read in ... isolation”
• applying a manifestly-contrary-to-the-evidence standard to a reformation decision when a trial court decided the facts
• where language used by parties is plain and unambiguous, no need for resort to parol evidence for construction of contract
• “[Wjords, phrases, and sentences are assigned a meaning in accordance with the apparent purpose of the agreement as a whole.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).