HDRE Business Partners Ltd. Group, L.L.C. v. Rare Hospitality International, Inc.

PER CURIAM: *

The main issue in this appeal is whether an assignment of a purchase agreement was intended to novate a lease agreement. The district court held that the parties’ intent to novate the lease was clear from the assignment, and it granted summary-judgment to the Defendant-Appellee RARE Hospitality International (“RARE”). Plaintiff-Appellant HDRE Business Partners Limited Group, L.L.C. (“HDRE”) appeals. Reviewing the district court’s judgment de novo, Langhoff Props., LLC v. BP Prods. N. Am., Inc., 519 F.3d 256, 260 (5th Cir.2008), we conclude that the parties’ intent presents a fact…