Prejean v. Guillory

How courts have described this case

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

• “Accordingly, when a clause in a contract is clear and unambiguous, the letter of that clause should not be disregarded under the pretext of pursuing its spirit . . . .”
• “Accordingly, when a clause in a contract is clear and unambiguous, the letter of that clause should not be disregarded under the pretext of pursuing its spirit....”
• “Accordingly, when a clause in a contract is clear and unambiguous, the letter of that clause should not be disregarded under the pretext of pursuing its spirit . . . .”
• “The reasonable intention of the parties to a contract is to be sought by examining the words of the contract itself, and not assumed.”
• “[A] contract must be interpreted in a common- sense fashion, according to the words of the contract their common and usual significance.” (quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).