A group of tenants and an agency entered into a written agreement authorized by an ordinance to convey property occupied by each tenant to that tenant. The agreement to convey was contingent on the agency acquiring the property by eminent domain. The ordinance authorizing the taking and conveyance was repealed by the agency, causing the agency to abandon its agreement with the tenants. The tenants made a demand on the agency to acquire the property and convey title to them, which the agency refused, claiming the taking no longer served the public interest. The tenants claimed the agency breached its agreement with the tenants since the agency did not use its best efforts to acquire the property and thus interfered with their agreement to convey. A United States court of appeals held the agency did not breach an agreement with tenants to convey property occupied by the tenants when the agency abandoned its efforts to acquire the property and convey title to the tenants since the ordinance granting authority was repealed and to take the property no longer served a public interest. [Young v. City and County of Honolulu (9th Cir. 2011)_F_]
