Municipality of Anchorage v. Gentile

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a “presumption or inference should be used only when traditional contract principles fail”
• stating that “courts may use extrinsic evidence regarding the intent of the parties to interpret a contract regardless of whether the contract appears to be ambiguous on its face or not ” (internal quotation marks omitted) (emphasis added)
• noting that when trial court “relies on conflicting extrinsic evidence” to interpret contract, we are “confined to determining whether the facts support the trial court’s interpretation” (quoting Fairbanks N. Star Borough v. Tundra Tours, Inc., 719 P.2d 1020, 1025 (Alaska 1986)
• declining to consider the constitutional claim brought by members of a municipal retirement plan
• declining to consider the constitutional claim brought by members of a municipal retirement plan
• “Insurance companies have been subjected to tort liability for breaching the covenant of good faith in resolving claims covered by their insurance policies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).