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· 9/29/1944

Protest 82367-K of McKesson

Citations

  • 13 Cust. Ct. 290

How courts have described this case

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  • where, as in this case, the agreement is ambiguous and there is disputed extrinsic evidence relevant to that ambiguity, summary judgment is improper
  • “If a contract’s provisions are internally inconsistent regarding a subject, then the contract is ambiguous regarding that subject.”
  • a contract provision is ambiguous if it is susceptible to more than one “plausible” interpretation
  • “In an appeal from a judgment involving cross-motions for summary judgment, both motions are subject to review if the parties have assigned error to the trial court’s rulings on them.”
  • “[I]n applying our usual principles of contract interpretation to an arbitration provision, we resort to the general policy in favor of arbitration only when a contract is ambiguous and there is no extrinsic evidence of the parties’ intent.”

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Judges: Keefe

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