Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. United States

Parentheticals

• stating that “the language of a contract must be afforded the meaning derived from the contract by a reasonably intelligent person”

  United States v. Inn Foods, Inc.

• ruling that intention of contracting parties controls contract’s interpretation

  Schuerman v. United States

• stating that “the intention of the parties to a contract control its interpretations”

  Randallstown Plaza Associates v. United States

• meaning determined from the perspective of “a reasonably intelligent person acquainted with the contemporary circumstances"

  Underground Construction Co. v. United States

• the court must place itself "into the shoes of a `reasonable and prudent' construction contractor"

  Turner Construction Co., Inc. v. United States

• the court must place itself “into the shoes of a ‘reasonable and prudent’ construction contractor”

  Turner Construction Co., Inc. v. United States

• regulation prescribing price escalation term in government contracts does not supplant price escalation contract term

  Reservation Ranch v. United States

• “[T]he language of a contract must be afforded the meaning derived from the contract by a reasonably intelligent person acquainted with the contemporary circumstances.”

  Moore v. United States

• "The unexpressed, subjective unilateral intent of one party is insufficient to bind the other contracting party ....”

  Public Service Co. v. United States

• “the language of a contract must be afforded the meaning derived from the contract by a reasonably intelligent person acquainted with the contemporary circumstances”

  Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. United States