DELAWARE RE. EST. COM'N v. PATTERSON-SCHWARTZ & AS., INC.


344 A.2d 242 (1975)

DELAWARE REAL ESTATE COMMISSION et al., Appellee below, Appellant, v. PATTERSON-SCHWARTZ & ASSOCIATES, INC., a Corporation of the State of Delaware, Appellant below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided August 5, 1975.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester J. Taufen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Wilmington, for appellee below, appellant.

E. N. Carpenter, II and James T. McKinstry, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, for appellant below, appellee.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., MARVEL, Vice Chancellor, and BUSH, J.


HERRMANN, Chief Justice:

The question before us is whether the Delaware Real Estate Commission is empowered to "formally reprimand" publicly a licensed real estate broker for certain newspaper advertising considered improper by the Commission.

I.

The Superior Court held that the public censure was a disciplinary act unauthorized by the Statute creating and governing the Commission. 24 Del.C. §§ 2901 et seq. We agree.

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