34 Cited authorities

  1. Greenfield v. Philles Records

    98 N.Y.2d 562 (N.Y. 2002)   Cited 1,899 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding a "written agreement that is complete, clear and unambiguous on its face must be enforced according to the plain meaning of its terms"
  2. Beal Sav. Bank v. Sommer

    8 N.Y.3d 318 (N.Y. 2007)   Cited 547 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a contract should not be interpreted so as to render any portion of it meaningless
  3. Kass v. Kass

    91 N.Y.2d 554 (N.Y. 1998)   Cited 548 times
    Holding that the parties’ agreement controlled
  4. Riverside South Planning Corp. v. CRP/Extell Riverside, L.P.

    2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 8675 (N.Y. 2009)   Cited 299 times
    Holding that where a contract is unambiguous it will be enforced according to its terms and courts may not add or excise terms
  5. Oppenheimer Co. v. Oppenheim

    86 N.Y.2d 685 (N.Y. 1995)   Cited 444 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that obligation by landlord to furnish proof of sale or development was not condition of effective termination where contract merely required that such proof be furnished “ when such notice [of termination] is given”
  6. Riverside South Planning Corp. v. CRP/Extell Riverside

    60 A.D.3d 61 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008)   Cited 191 times
    Noting that a contract is ambiguous "if the provisions in controversy are reasonably or fairly susceptible of different interpretations or may have two or more different meanings"
  7. Board of Educ. v. Sargent

    71 N.Y.2d 21 (N.Y. 1987)   Cited 344 times
    Holding that damages solely economic in nature preclude claims for contribution
  8. In re Westmoreland Coal Co. v. Entech, Inc.

    100 N.Y.2d 352 (N.Y. 2003)   Cited 196 times
    Holding claims that seller breached representations and warranties that its closing balance sheet was prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP were subject to resolution by the courts, not arbitration
  9. State v. Home Indemnity Company

    66 N.Y.2d 669 (N.Y. 1985)   Cited 313 times
    Holding that the term-of-art affidavit in that case "did not supply the evidentiary facts needed to present an issue for the jury"
  10. Evans v. Famous Music Corp.

    1 N.Y.3d 452 (N.Y. 2004)   Cited 177 times
    Holding that contract provision stating that plaintiff songwriters were entitled to a percentage of "all net sums actually received" by defendant music publishing company, after deduction of certain taxes and expenses, did not obligate defendant "to make payments to the songwriters in the event that foreign tax credit proved beneficial" to defendant