Richards Development Company v. Sligh

How courts have described this case

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

• “parol evidence is not admissible to aid in the interpretation of the parties’ intentions until the four corners of the writing itself have been searched to determine whether the document itself affords a reasonably clear understanding of what the parties have agreed to do.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Richard W. Bosse v. Crowell Collier and MacMillan
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-12-06· cited 89×
• Hauck v. Second National Bank of Richmond
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1972-09-11· cited 89×
• Standage Ventures, Inc. v. State
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1977-03-10· cited 51×
• Associated Students of the University v. Arizona Board of Regents
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1978-02-07· cited 33×
• University Realty & Development Co. v. Omid-Gaf, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1973-04-11· cited 31×
• Hofmann Company v. Meisner
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1972-05-16· cited 31×
• Arizona Land Title & Trust Co. v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1967-07-05· cited 24×
• Viscount Air Services, Inc. v. Cole (In Re Viscount Air Services, Inc.)
  D. Arizona· 1998-10-28· cited 20×
• Ness v. Greater Arizona Realty, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1977-10-07· cited 18×
• JPMCC 2007-CIBC 19 East Greenway, LLC v. Bataa/Kierland LLC (In re Bataa/Kierland LLC)
  D. Arizona· 2013-07-22· cited 12×
• Limberopoulos v. Tom Fannin and Associates
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1972-04-03· cited 11×
• Lyon v. Big Bend Development Co.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1968-01-02· cited 11×
• Combs v. Lufkin
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1979-05-23· cited 9×
• McCutchin v. SCA Services of Arizona, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1985-10-02· cited 6×
• Mordka v. Mordka Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-09-05· cited 3×
• Arthen v. Chilleen
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1968-02-29· cited 3×
• Vinnell Corp. v. State ex rel. Skousen
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1971-11-04· cited 3×
• Davies v. Courtney
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1970-01-13· cited 2×
• Turley v. Adams
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1971-05-10· cited 2×
• Smith v. Melson, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1982-04-16· cited 1×