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· 12/13/2007

Steele Foundations, Inc. v. Clark Construction Group, Inc.

Citations

  • 937 A.2d 148
  • 2007 D.C. App. LEXIS 685
  • 2007 WL 4333870

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Fundamentally, when interpreting a contract, the court should look to the intent of the parties entering into the agreement.”
  • “Contractual provisions are interpreted taking into account the contract as a whole, so as to give effect, if possible, to all of the provisions in the contract.”
  • “Contractual provisions are interpreted taking into account the contract as a whole, so as to give effect, if possible, to all of the provisions in the contract.”
  • “Contractual provisions are interpreted taking into account the contract as a whole, so as to give effect, if possible, to all of the provisions in the contract.”
  • “[W]hen interpreting a contract, . . . ‘[t]he first step’ is [ ] to determine ‘what a reasonable person in the position of the parties would have thought the disputed language meant.’” (second alteration in original) (internal citation omitted)

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Judges: Washington, Ruiz, Kern

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