Legal Opinion
Wards Company, Inc. v. Stamford Ridgeway Associates and Trim Fashions, Inc., Stamford Ridgeway Associates
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 3, 1985No. 896, Docket 84-9004PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
At its best, the written word provides an excellent means of communicating information. At its worst, language can obfuscate the very meaning sought to be conveyed. In the hands of some lawyers, it seems, words tend more often to confuse than clarify simply thoughts. Alas, this is nothing new. The insightful (if fictitious) Lemuel Gulliver, in describing the profession of law, explained: “There was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the act of proving, by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black and black is white.” J. Swift,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Annette Heyman v. Commerce and Industry Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Schering Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Home Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- The Home Insurance Company v. The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company and Diamond Shamrock CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Collins v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Downs v. National Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
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3Cited by112 opinions
- Arcadian Phosphates, Inc., Judas Azuelos, and Eli Sivan v. Arcadian CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Maljack Productions, Inc. v. Goodtimes Home Video Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Richard Leberman v. John Blair & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. New York City Transit AuthorityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
- Mellon Bank, N.A. v. United Bank Corporation Of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
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