Preston v. Englert

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• relying on later negotiations between the parties to show that “many material terms had not been settled”
• noting party did not act in reliance on contract and despite several rounds of drafts, the record indicates that having a written agreement was important to the plaintiff
• “An agreement to reach an agreement is a contradiction in terms and imposes no obligation on the parties thereto”
• “An agreement to reach an agreement is a contradiction in terms and imposes no obligation on the parties thereto”
• a contract to create a commercial tenancy failed to materialize for lack of both present intent and important terms
• “An agreement to reach an agreement is a contradiction in terms and imposes no obligation on the parties thereto”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).