PETTY ET AL.

v.

IDAHO

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Reading Co., 289 F.2d 7 (3d Cir. 1961)
  …precludes the government from recovery on the theory of negligence. In construing this stipulation, every effort should be made to effectuate the intent of the parties, see Stoner v. Bellows, 3 Cir., 1952, 196 F. 2d 918, 921, certiorari denied 1953, 345 U.S. 938, 73 S.Ct. 828, 97 L.Ed. 1365, and a permissible interpretation which makes it operative is preferred over one which makes it meaningless. We cannot presume that the parties intended the latter. We think that a perfectly reasonable interpretation of…
• The Reverend Gerald P. Fogarty v. The United States, 780 F.2d 1005 (Fed. Cir. 1986)
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• Vitex Mfg. Co., Ltd. v. The Gov't OF the Virgin Islands, 351 F.2d 313 (3d Cir. 1965)
  …in the Virgin Islands. Since these are the only written terms, it is proper to construe the language against the party using it. 4 Williston, Contracts § 621 at 760-761 (3d ed.), citing Stoner v. Bellows, 196 F. 2d 918 (C.A. 3, 1952), cert. denied, 345 U.S. 938, 73 S.Ct. 828, 97 L.Ed. 1365 (1953); Fairbanks, Morse & Co. v. Consolidated Fisheries Co., 190 F. 2d 817 (C.A. 3, 1951). The mere fact that a government or governmental subdivision is one of the contracting parties does not preclude application of t…