Tachdjian v. Phillips

How courts have described this case

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

• remanding for a jury determination, but not holding unenforceable, a right of first refusal where there was no triggering term
• “ [i]t is axiomatic that we should avoid any construction that renders portions of the contract language meaningless”
• “[t]he law favors a construction that will uphold the contract as a whole, and the whole contract should be looked to in arriving at the construction of any part”
• where the instrument as it stands is without meaning, words may be supplied

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).