Robroy Land Co. v. Prather

How courts have described this case

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

• a right of first refusal did not create a restraint on alienation because “[t]he marketability of the property remained] unfettered”
• “option restraint is reasonable if the option price is at market or appraised value, irrespective of the duration of the option”
• a commercial agreement is presumed to inherently possess a reasonable limit on duration
• a potential buyer’s right of first refusal to purchase real property is only a contractual right that does not create an interest in land subject to the rule against perpetuities
• rule not applicable to preemptive rights

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

43 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Bruken Realty Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-04-01· cited 102×
• Manufactured Housing Communities v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-11-09· cited 87×
• Ferrero Construction Co. v. Dennis Rourke Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-02-10· cited 78×
• Gossett v. Farmers Ins. Co. of Washington
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-12-24· cited 76×
• Gossett v. Farmers Insurance
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-12-24· cited 75×
• Old Port Cove Holdings, Inc. v. CONDO. ASS'N ONE, INC.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-07-10· cited 61×
• In Re Estate of Niehenke
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-10-31· cited 51×
• South Kitsap Family Worship Center v. Weir
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-11-07· cited 46×
• Old National Bank v. Arneson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1989-07-13· cited 43×
• Bortolotti v. Hayden
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-05-21· cited 42×
• Hartnett v. Jones
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1981-06-19· cited 37×
• Cambridge Co. v. East Slope Investment Corp.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1985-05-28· cited 36×
• Shiver v. Benton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-07-07· cited 35×
• Navasota Resources, L.P. v. First Source Texas, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2008-03-18· cited 35×
• Wildenstein & Co. v. Wallis
  New York Court of Appeals· 1992-06-09· cited 34×
• Spokane School District No. 81 v. Parzybok
  Washington Supreme Court· 1981-09-24· cited 28×
• Kaiser Development Co. v. City & County of Honolulu
  D. Hawaii· 1986-09-25· cited 28×
• Ernst Home Center, Inc. v. Sato
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-02-05· cited 26×
• Washington State Grange v. Brandt
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-12-11· cited 25×
• Feider v. Feider
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1985-05-09· cited 17×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wong v. Di Grazia
  California Supreme Court· 1963-11-21· cited 75×
• Weber v. Texas Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1936-05-12· cited 46×
• Atchison v. City of Englewood
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1970-01-26· cited 44×
• Bennett Veneer Factors, Inc. v. Brewer
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-05-16· cited 39×
• Singer Company v. Makad, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1973-01-26· cited 26×
• Robroy Land Co. v. Prather
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1979-10-24· cited 4×

Other cases named Robroy Land Co. v. Prather

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Robroy Land Co. v. Prather
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1979-10-24· cited 4×
• Robroy Land Co. v. Prather
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1985-12-10