FAIRFAX COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT v. RIEKSE

Record No. 092486.

707 S.E.2d 826 (2011)

FAIRFAX COUNTY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AUTHORITY, v. James C. RIEKSE, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Hayden Codding , Assistant County Attorney ( David P. Bobzien , County Attorney; Cynthia L. Tianti , Deputy County Attorney, on briefs), for appellant.

Bizhan Beiramee ; Daniel M. Rathbun ; James M. Stewart, Jr. ( George LeRoy Moran ; Rathbun & Goldberg; Moran Monfort, on briefs), Fairfax, for appellees.

Present: KINSER, C.J., LEMONS, GOODWYN, MILLETTE, and MIMS, JJ., and KOONTZ, S.J.


Opinion by Justice WILLIAM C. MIMS.

In this appeal, we consider whether the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority ("Fairfax") may enforce a right of first refusal to repurchase a parcel of real property by demanding specific performance by the current owner's predecessor in title.

I. BACKGROUND AND MATERIAL PROCEEDINGS BELOW

In 1989, Fairfax granted and conveyed a parcel of real property to Peter and Christine Tovar as tenants by the...

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