Legal Opinion
Georgetown Entertainment Corp. v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 5, 1985No. 83-802PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This appeal presents one issue: whether documents exchanged by the District of Columbia and appellant Georgetown Entertainment Corporation (GEC) constitute a binding lease. The parties never executed a formal lease. GEC contends, however, that, read together, the existing documents show a meeting of the minds on all material terms and express the intent of the parties to be presently bound. After a non-jury trial, the trial court determined that they do not. We find no error and affirm.
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In February 1977, the District published a request for proposals for leasing the…
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