Legal Opinion
1836 S STREET TEN. ASS'N, INC. v. Estate of B. Battle
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 5, 2009No. 06-CV-1460PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
This case concerns a purported contract for the purchase of a rental housing property by a tenants’ association. In the association’s view, it entered into a binding sales contract when it accepted the initial offer of sale the owner was required to make under the District of Columbia Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, or TOPA. 1 Rejecting that view, the Superior Court granted summary judgment to the owner in the association’s suit for specific performance. The tenants’ association has appealed. We reverse.
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