David Nassif Associates v. United States

I respectfully dissent from that part of the trial judge’s opinion, adopted as the opinion of the court, which holds that plaintiff was contractually bound to furnish a cafeteria for the Nassif Building. Such a holding, under the facts of this case, is violative of the parol evidence rule.

The parol evidence rule requires "the exclusion of extrinsic evidence, oral or written, where the parties have reduced their agreement to an integrated writing.” 4 williston, contracts § 631 (3d ed. 1961). In determining the applicability of the parol evidence rule, the crucial step is to ascertain whether…