Mid-Century Insurance v. Anderson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “contractual terms alone determine the parties’ intent” when contract is plain and unambiguous
• explaining courts “should avoid an interpretation of a con- tract which renders any of its terms meaningless or mere surplus- age”
• “If the terms of a contract are plain and unambiguous, the contractual terms alone determine the parties’ intent.” (emphasis supplied)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).