David A. Bramble, Inc. v. Thomas

The sole issue in this case concerns the propriety of the Court of Special Appeals’s affirmance of summary judgment in favor of third-party purchasers of certain real property and against the holder of a preemptive right of first refusal as to the property. David A. Bramble, Inc. (“Petitioner” or “Bramble”), the holder of the right of first refusal, attempted to exercise its preemptive right, but omitted in the purported exercise a non-price term contained in the third-parties’ triggering offer. The Circuit Court for Caroline County, in granting summary judgment to the third parties, declared…