Primex International Corp. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “Merger clauses are not mere boilerplate. They provide further protection for the interests of certainty and finality.”
• merger clause prohibits parole evidence to modify or contradict the express terms of the agreement
• general merger clause requires full application of the parol evidence rule in order to bar the introduction of extrinsic evidence to add to the terms of the writing
• “‘The fact that this other contract relates to what is, in important aspects, the same transaction, does not extend this [merger] paragraph to the destruction of that other [earlier] contract.’”
• giving conclusive effect to a merger clause

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).