David Patterson v. Gerald Anderson

RALPH B. GUY, JR., Circuit Judge.

Judgment in excess of $3.1 million was entered against defendant Gerald Anderson and in favor of plaintiff David Patterson on the claim that defendant breached two contracts by failing to repurchase approximately 109 acres of real property intended for residential development in Williamson County, Tennessee. Defendant appeals from the denial of his pretrial motion for summary judgment, arguing that it was error to conclude that it was ambiguous whether those contracts were intended to be option contracts (as defendant claimed) or repurchase agreements (as…