SHEAR v. NATIONAL RIFLE ASS'N OF AMERICA

No. 78-1108.

606 F.2d 1251 (1979)

Richard W. SHEAR, Appellant, v. The NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, a New York Corporation, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 15, 1979.

As Amended August 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Shear, pro se.

Joseph A. Artabane, Washington, D. C., with whom Stephen N. Shulman and Valerie G. Schulte, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before TAMM and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges, and JOHN H. PRATT, United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Shear is a real estate agent who arranged to sell the Washington headquarters building of the National Rifle Association (NRA). He was to be paid a commission when the sale was "fully consummated."1 When the sale fell through and Shear was not paid his commission, he sued the NRA seeking damages for: (1) breach of contract; (2) fraud and...

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