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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 33 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. G. W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co..

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1 Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. G. W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co. Anchor
cal · 1968
green “the test of admissibility of extrinsic evidence to explain the meaning of a written instrument is not whether it appears to the court to be plain and unambiguous on its face, but whether the offered evidence is relevant to prove a meaning to which the language of the instrument …” 27
2 Jeffrey Hunter Mendler, Dba Jeffrey Hunter v. Winterland Production, Ltd., a California Corporation San Diego Yacht Club, a California Corporation
ca9 · 2000
green “the fundamental goal of contract interpretation is to give effect to the mutual intent of the parties as it existed at the time of contracting.” 3
3 Kling v. Hallmark Cards Inc.
ca9 · 2000
green “laches is an equitable time limitation on a party's right to bring suit,” 3

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