CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON v. WESTINGHOUSE

No. 573, 2016.

166 A.3d 912 (2017)

CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY N.V., Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC and WSW Acquisition Co., LLC, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: June 27, 2017.

Revised: June 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Ross, Esquire , Garrett B. Moritz, Esquire , Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Theodore N. Mirvis, Esquire (argued), Jonathan M. Moses, Esquire , Kevin S. Schwartz, Esquire , Andrew J.H. Cheung, Esquire , Cecilia A. Glass, Esquire , Bita Assad, Esquire , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York, for Plaintiff Below, Appellant, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.

Kevin G. Abrams, Esquire , John M. Seaman, Esquire , Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Peter N. Wang, Esquire (argued), Susan J. Schwartz, Esquire , Yonaton Aronoff, Esquire , Douglas S. Heffer, Esquire , Foley & Lardner LLP, New York, New York, for Defendants Below, Appellees, Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and WSW Acquisition Co., LLC.

Before STRINE, Chief Justice; VALIHURA and SEITZ, Justices.


In giving sensible life to a real-world contract, courts must read the specific provisions of the contract in light of the entire contract. That is true in all commercial contexts, but especially so when the contract at issue involves a definitive acquisition agreement addressing...

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