Dennis Standefer v. Thomas G. Thompson, Individually and Doing Business as Columbus-America Discovery Group, Incorporated, and John Does 1-10

OPINION

HILL, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Dennis Standefer, contends that a preliminary contract entitles him to a share of the wealth produced by the efforts of appellee. The district court concluded that the professed contract never became an enforceable agreement because the parties’ contractual obligations were subject to a “condition precedent,” the formation of a joint venture with another party, which never materialized. We agree with appel-lees that an express “condition precedent” governed this contract, and we therefore affirm the judgment of the district court.

FACTS

The Shipwreck

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