Range Rider Partners Ltd. Partnership v. Range Rider Estates

MEMORANDUM **

Appellant Range Rider Partners Limited Partnership (“RR Partners”) appeals from a final order of the district court upholding the bankruptcy court’s judgment that RR Partners was not entitled to exercise its right to redeem a settlement agreement made with Range Rider Estates (“RR Estates”), concerning the purchase of eighty acres of undeveloped property in Maricopa County, because the agreement was not an executory contract. We have jurisdiction to hear this appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 158 (d). We affirm the ruling of the district court.

Because the facts of this case are known to the parties, we will discuss them only as necessary to explain our decision.

I

We review the district court’s decision on appeal from a bankruptcy court de novo. Gruntz v. County of Los Angeles (In re Gruntz), 202 F.3d 1074 , 1084 n. 9 (9th Cir.2000) (en banc). With regard to the bankruptcy court’s underlying ruling, our standard of review is the same as applied by the district court. & Pac. Funding Corp. v. The SPFC Liquidating Trust (In re S. Pac. Funding Corp.), 268 F.3d 712, 714 (9th Cir.2001). “Factual determinations are reviewed for clear error, while legal conclusions and mixed…