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· 11/24/2009

Riverside South Planning Corp. v. CRP/Extell Riverside, L.P.

Citations

  • 13 N.Y.3d 398
  • 892 N.Y.S.2d 303
  • 920 N.E.2d 359

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the plain language of a contract’s sunset clause applied to the entire agreement when “the parties could have drafted an agreement that restricted the scope of the sunset clause” but declined to do so
  • noting that New York courts construe contracts holistically, rather than taking each term in isolation
  • “Where the language chosen by the parties has a definite and precise meaning, there is no ambiguity.”
  • “A written contract must be interpreted according to the parties’ intent, which is derived from the plain meaning of the language employed in the agreements.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Graffeo

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