Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County v. McCrary

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “language used [in contract] must be afforded its literal meaning and plain ordinary words given their usual significance”
• noting that “plain ordinary words [should be] given their usual significance” when construing a contract
• “[N]o construction is required or even permissible when the language employed by the parties in their contract is plain, unambiguous, and capable of only one reasonable interpretation.”
• “a statute or ordinance establishing a retirement plan for government employees becomes a part of an employee’s contract of employment if the employee contributes . . . toward the benefits he is to receive, and if the employee performs services while the law is in effect. . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).