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· 10/21/1929

United States v. Pentz

Citations

  • 35 F.2d 350
  • 1929 U.S. App. LEXIS 2970

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that, based on the language of the contract, retirees' rights had vested and that could not be terminated
  • holding that, based on the language of the contract, retirees’ rights had vested and that could not be terminated
  • determining that a Shutdown Agreement was independent of an insur-anee agreement because it was supported by separate consideration and not executed in close temporal proximity to the insurance agreement
  • stating that when \potentially conflicting provisions coexist within the same document... the rule that contractual provisions be read as parts of an integrated whole will lead a court to seek an interpretation that reconciles those provisions\
  • finding provision that retired employees would receive benefits \for the lifetime of the pensioner\ constituted \explicit and seemingly unambiguous\ lifetime language
  • stating that when “potentially conflicting provisions coexist within the same document ... the rule that contractual provisions be read as parts of an integrated whole will lead a court to seek an interpretation that reconciles those provisions”

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Judges: Wilbur

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