Legal Opinion
Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System, Inc. v. County of Erie
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 3, 1995PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: Plaintiff, Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System, Inc. (Metro), is entitled to summary judgment on its causes of action for breach of contract. Where the contract is unambiguous on its face, it should be construed as a matter of law and summary judgment is appropriate (see, W.W.W. Assocs. v Giancontieri, 77 NY2d 157, 162; Smith v Estate of LaTray, 161 AD2d 1178). We conclude that the contract language is clear and unambiguous and that there is no reasonable interpretation…
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