Wayne B. Harris v. Department of Veterans Affairs

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that the words of a contract are given their ordinary meaning “unless the parties mutually intended and agreed to an alternative meaning”
• remanding for the Board to determine whether the agency had neglected its duty to file for disability retirement on the appellant’s behalf because there was substantial reason to suspect that the regulatory conditions had been satisfied
• “A settlement agreement is a contract, and we apply basic contract principles unless precluded by law.”
• “A settlement agreement is a contract, and we apply basic contract principles unless precluded by law.”
• “A settlement agreement is a contract, and we apply basic contract principles unless precluded by law.”
• “A settlement agreement is a contract, and we apply basic contract principles unless precluded by law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).