· 3/25/2004
Vermont Teddy Bear Co. v. 538 Madison Realty Co.
Citations
- 807 N.E.2d 876
- 1 N.Y.3d 470
- 775 N.Y.S.2d 765
- 2004 N.Y. LEXIS 476
How courts have described this case
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- noting that “ “when parties set down their agreement in a clear, complete document, their writing should ... be enforced according to its terms.’ ”
- noting that in real property transactions between sophisticated parties, “courts should be extremely reluctant to interpret an agreement as impliedly stating something which the parties have neglected to specifically include” (citation omitted)
- stating, in the context of a lease termination dispute, that “courts should be extremely reluctant to interpret an agreement as impliedly stating something which the parties have neglected to specifically include.”
- “In the absence of any ambiguity, we look solely to the language used by the parties to discern the contract’s meaning.”
- “[C]ourts should be extremely reluctant to interpret an agreement as impliedly stating something which the parties have neglected to specifically include.” (citation omitted)
- “[C]ourts should be extremely reluctant to interpret an agreement as impliedly stating something which the parties have neglected to specifically include.” (citation omitted)
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Judges: Graffeo
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