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SEIDEN ASSOCIATES, INC. v. ANC HOLDINGS, INC.

No. 656, Docket 91-7770.

959 F.2d 425 (1992)

SEIDEN ASSOCIATES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANC HOLDINGS, INC., American National Can Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Pollack, New York City (Edward T. McDermott, Pollack & Kaminsky, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant Seiden Associates, Inc.

Jeremy G. Epstein, New York City (Michael W. Jahnke, James R. Warnot, Jr., Shearman & Sterling, of counsel), for defendants-appellees ANC Holdings, Inc. and American Nat. Can Co.

Before: FEINBERG, NEWMAN and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

The appeal before us presents a question of contract interpretation. When the meaning of a contract is litigated, a reviewing court ordinarily looks only at the words used by the drafters, who presumably understood what they intended. Where the language used creates an ambiguity, a reviewing court must permit the receipt of evidence in order to see what was in the drafters' minds. Plaintiff Seiden Associates, Inc. (Seiden) commenced this...

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