PBS Coal, Inc. v. Hardhat Mining, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• slating that “where specific or exact terms seem to conflict with broader or more general terms, the former is more likely to express the meaning of the parties with respect to the situation than the general language”
• arbitration agreements are to be confined to the “clear, express and unequivocal intent of the parties as manifested by the writing itself’
• where specific or exact terms appear to conflict with broader or more general terms, the specific terms are more likely to reflect the meaning of the parties, rather than the general language
• “[W]here specific or exact terms seem to conflict with broader or more general terms, the former is more likely to express the meaning of the parties with respect to the situation than the general language.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).