(9th Cir. 2000)). This conclusion is fully consistent with general principles of California contract law. See Faigin v. Signature Grp. Holdings, Inc., 211 Cal.App.4th 726, 150 Cal.Rptr.3d 123, 134 (2012) (“There cannot be a valid express contract and an implied contract, each embracing the same subject, but requiring different results.”) (citing Shapiro v. Wells Fargo Realty Advisors, 152 Cal.App.3d 467, 199 Cal.Rptr. 613 (1984)); see also Hill v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 166 Cal.App.4th 1438, 83 Cal.Rptr.3d 651, 663 (2008) (“Express covenants abrogate the operation of implied covenants so courts will not permit implied agreements to overrule or modify the express contract of the parties.”); Wagner v. Glendale Adventist Med. Ctr., 216 Cal. App.3d 1379, 265 Cal.Rptr. 412 (1989) (<HOLDING>). “The reason for the rule is simply that where
holding that employment manuals express disclaimer superseded alleged implied contractual term holding that under georgia law the duty of good faith cannot be breached apart from an express contractual term holding that there can be no implied contractual term at variance with an express term of a contract holding that plaintiffs express contract with the surety company precludes an implied contract with defendant holding that when a term is not defined in a contract the presumption is that the term is to be given its ordinary meaning and significance