W.P. Associates v. Forcier, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• defining an ambiguous term as one which is reasonably susceptible to more than one interpretation
• “If a document is susceptible to more than one interpretation, extrinsic evidence is admissible to aid in its interpretation”
• “If a document is susceptible to more than one interpretation, extrinsic evidence is admissible to aid in its interpretation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

55 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Siebe, Inc. v. Louis M. Gerson Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-06-30· cited 344×
• Rotelli v. Catanzaro
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1996-12-06· cited 186×
• Capital Properties, Inc. v. State
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1999-12-02· cited 81×
• Rivera v. Gagnon
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2004-05-03· cited 49×
• URI Cogeneration Partners, L.P. v. Board of Governors for Higher Education
  D. Rhode Island· 1996-02-23· cited 46×
• Young v. Warwick Rollermagic Skating Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2009-06-30· cited 44×
• A.F. Lusi Construction, Inc. v. Peerless Insurance
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2004-04-22· cited 29×
• Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance v. Dufault
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2008-10-17· cited 29×
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of New England, Inc. v. Gelati
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2004-12-17· cited 27×
• Fleet National Bank v. 175 Post Road, LLC.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2004-06-21· cited 27×
• Haviland v. Simmons
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2012-07-06· cited 25×
• Roberts v. Fleet Bank (R.I.)
  Third Circuit· 2003-08-27· cited 22×
• Flanders + Medeiros Inc. v. Bogosian
  D. Rhode Island· 1994-11-14· cited 21×
• Paolella v. Radiologic Leasing Associates
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2001-04-18· cited 18×
• Paradis v. Greater Providence Deposit Corp.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-12-27· cited 17×
• Barnstead Broadcasting Corp. v. Offshore Broadcasting Corp.
  District of Columbia· 1995-05-15· cited 15×
• Mendez v. Brites
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2004-06-04· cited 13×
• McBurney v. Teixeira
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2005-06-15· cited 11×
• DiPaola v. DiPaola
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2011-03-11· cited 11×
• Samos v. 43 East Realty Corp.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-12-12· cited 9×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. v. Dial Media, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-01-18· cited 92×
• Hill v. M. S. Alper & Son, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1969-07-15· cited 43×
• Vickers Antone v. Vickers
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1992-07-03· cited 40×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Graziano
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1991-03-14· cited 24×
• Nelson v. Ptaszek
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1986-03-07· cited 21×
• Flynn v. Flynn
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1992-10-23· cited 19×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Farr
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1991-07-22· cited 14×
• Gustafson v. Max Fish Plumbing & Heating Co.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1993-03-18· cited 9×