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PHILLIPPE v. SHAPELL INDUSTRIES

Docket No. L.A. 32034.

43 Cal.3d 1247 (1987)

743 P.2d 1279

241 Cal. Rptr. 22

DAVID E. PHILLIPPE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SHAPELL INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

October 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Fleischman & Rigdon and Robert N. Rigdon for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Cox, Castle & Nicholson and Kenneth B. Bley for Defendant and Appellant.

William M. Pfeiffer, Stephen A. Groome and Steven A. Sokol as Amici Curiae.

OPINION

EAGLESON, J.

A jury found in favor of plaintiff, a licensed real estate broker, in his action to recover a broker's commission from defendant, a real property buyer. Defendant appeals. The primary issue before us is whether a licensed real estate broker may assert equitable estoppel against a statute of frauds defense in an action by the broker to recover a real estate commission.

We conclude that a licensed real estate...

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