Publix Super Markets v. Wilder Corp. of De

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that courts must \`construe contracts in such a way as to give reasonable meaning to all provisions' rather than leaving part of the contract useless\
• holding that exercise of discretion was reasonable based upon evidence of the commercial needs of the party vested with discretion
• holding that a contract should be read to give reasonable meaning to all provisions of that contract
• explaining that “[c]ourts must ‘construe contracts in such a way as to give reasonable meaning to all provisions,’ rather than leaving part of the contract useless.”
• “[T]he implied covenant of good faith protects contracting parties’ reasonable commercial expectations.”
• “[The implied covenant] is usually raised when a question is not resolved by the terms of the contract or when one party has the power to make a discretionary decision without defined standards.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).