Title: Reybold Venture Group XVI LLC v. Creswell, et al.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 699, 2014
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: June 10, 2015

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
REYBOLD VENTURE GROUP 
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XVI LLC,  
 
 
 
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No. 699, 2014 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Plaintiff Below, 
 
 
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Appellant,  
 
 
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Court Below - Superior Court 
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of the State of Delaware in 
v. 
 
 
 
 
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and for New Castle County 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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C.A. No. N10C-05-078 RRC 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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CHRISTOPHER M. CRESSWELL 
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and FURNITURE SERVICES    
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UNLIMITED, LLC, 
 
 
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Defendants Below, 
 
 
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Appellees.  
 
 
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Submitted:  June 10, 2015 
Decided:  June 10, 2015   
 
Before STRINE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and SEITZ, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
 
 
This 10th day of June 2015, after careful consideration of the parties’ briefs, 
we find it evident that the judgment of the Superior Court should be affirmed on 
the basis of and for the reasons assigned by the Superior Court in its letter opinion 
dated November 26, 2014.1  We also find appellant’s appeal without merit for an 
additional reason.  Appellant's argument depends on a reading the term 
“representations” as encompassing all of the obligations in the contract.  But a 
representation is not the same as a covenant, and the contract cannot be fairly read 
                                                 
1  Reybold Venture Group XVI LLC v. Cresswell, 2014 WL 7010757 (Del. Super. November 26, 
2014). 
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as requiring the appellee to provide a guaranty as to all obligations under the 
contract.  Rather, the Superior Court was correct to give a precise reading to the 
contract that respected the reality that contractual terms like representations, 
conditions, and covenants have distinct meanings that cannot be conflated without 
eroding the utility of voluntary contractual arrangements. 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Superior 
Court is AFFIRMED. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Justice