A. Kemp Fisheries, Inc. v. Castle & Cooke, Inc.

852 F.2d 493 1989 A.M.C. 236 A. KEMP FISHERIES, INC., a Minnesota/Washington corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CASTLE & COOKE, INC., BUMBLE BEE SEAFOODS DIVISION; and Bumble Bee Samoa, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellants. No. 87-3726. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 5, 1988. Decided July 25, 1988. Seth W. Morrison, Oles, Morrison, Rinker, Stanislaw & Ashbaugh, Seattle, Wash., Robert M. Westberg, Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Vi Jean Reno, McGee and Reno, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before WRIGHT and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and ORRICK, * Senior District Judge. EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: 1 In this case we consider whether the court properly admitted parol evidence to determine the terms of the Charter Agreement between A. Kemp Fisheries, Inc. and Bumble Bee Samoa, Inc., a subsidiary of Castle & Cooke, Inc. We conclude that the court applied the parol evidence rule incorrectly and reverse its judgment. BACKGROUND 2 A. Kemp Fisheries Inc. and Bumble Bee Samoa, Inc., a…