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OSCAR L. ARONSEN, INC. v. COMPTON

No. 748, Docket 73-2209.

495 F.2d 674 (1974)

OSCAR L. ARONSEN, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Norman Philip COMPTON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Haight, Jr., New York City (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Brendan J. Connolly, New York City (Mendes & Mount, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, SMITH and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:

A phrase may be clear and unambiguous in one setting; fuzzy and imprecise in another. "Words," Justice Holmes once said, "[are like] the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which . . . [they are] used." Towne v. Eisner, 245 U.S. 418, 425, 38 S.Ct. 158, 159, 62 L.Ed. 372 (1918). In this...

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