Alaska Northern Development, Inc. v. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.
Alaska Supreme Court
666 P.2d 33 (1983)
Relevant factsFree
AND (plaintiff) and Alyeska (defendant) exchanged letters of intent to sell surplus parts, with Alyeska's letter stating the deal was "subject to final approval of the owner committee"; after AND's president signed that letter, the owner committee rejected the deal. AND sued for breach, seeking to introduce extrinsic evidence that it understood the owner-committee clause to cover only price-term review, not the whole agreement, but the trial court excluded that evidence and granted Alyeska summary judgment.
IssueFree
Whether parol or extrinsic evidence about additional terms may be excluded when the writing is integrated and the evidence is inconsistent with the integrated writing.
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