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Tenth Circuit· 11/22/2017

Sylvia v. Wisler

Citations

  • 875 F.3d 1307

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  • concluding that the “most prudent and fair course is to allow the district court to address this [alternative] claim in the first instance on remand”
  • noting that this court does not ordinarily review issues raised for the first time in a reply brief
  • noting that this court does not ordinarily review issues raised for the first time in a reply brief
  • stating that Mr. Merrill’s father made Mr. Merrill’s law partner, Wilson Busby, a co-trustee and that Mr. Merrill became a co-trustee with Mr. Busby after his father passed
  • explaining that in resolving matters of state law, federal courts \must defer to the most recent decisions of the state's highest court\ (quoting Kokins v. Teleflex, Inc. , 621 F.3d 1290 , 1295 (10th Cir. 2010) )
  • defining parol evidence to include \prior or contemporaneous ... understandings tending to vary the terms of the contract\ (quoting Decatur Cty. Feed Yard, Inc. v. Fahey , 266 Kan. 999 , 974 P.2d 569 , 574 (1999) )

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Judges: Hartz, Holmes, Matheson

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