Legal Opinion
Carpenters Amended & Restated Health Benefit Fund v. Holleman Construction Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1985No. 83-1905PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
This case is a reminder that the toughest nuts to crack are not always the largest. Although we do not perceive any jurisprudential forest lurking behind this case, it nonetheless presents several knotty questions of contract interpretation. Indeed, the one thing clear about the contract in question is its ambiguity. Because the interpretation of an ambiguous contract is a question of fact, we defer to the interpretation of the district court and consequently affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On May 25, 1973, the North Texas Contractors Association (“NTCA”) and the Carpenters…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Transportation-Communication Employees Union v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- National Labor Relations Board v. Haberman Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- West v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Michael Gariup v. Birchler Ceiling & Interior Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Southern Natural Gas Company, Cross-Appellee v. Pursue Energy, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Troy D. Barnett v. Petro-Tex Chemical Corporation, Robert H. Broughton v. Petro-Tex Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Carpenters Amended And Restated Health Benefit Fund v. Holleman Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- CF & I Steel Corp. v. Conners (In Re CF & I Fabricators of Utah Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1994
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