Legal Opinion
Blackstone Realty LLC v. Federal Deposit Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 3, 2001No. 00-1570PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal asks us to consider whether an action to recover on an agreement for the purchase of real property was properly dismissed on the pleadings because the writing evidencing the agreement did not satisfy the Massachusetts statute of frauds, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 259, § 1. Defendant-appellee Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) argued, and the district court held, that the writing failed to identify the property being sold with “reasonable certainty,” as is required by the statute of frauds. Plaintiff-appellant Blackstone Realty LLC (“Blackstone”)…
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