Originally Posted by OKCMallen

Seattle would have been best off (I think) if they had stuck to simply the lease, the specific performance clause, and then called it a day. Instead, they built a record of dysfunctional relations between the parties AND helped bring to light evidence that probably would have been irrelevant generally if they weren't trying to show how big and mean that bully PBC is. The showing of a valid contract and that it should be enforced is MUCH easier and cleaner than trying to prove bad faith dealings, etc.