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SMITHY BRAEDON CO. v. HADID

No. 87-1050.

825 F.2d 787 (1987)

SMITHY BRAEDON COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mohamed Anwar M. HADID; Hadid Investment Group, Inc.; Oasis Development Corporation; Executive Office Centre Limited Partnership; Walter M. Cheatle; Ronam Corporation; James F. Quirk; American Real Estate Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard John Morvillo (Andrew D. Koblenz, Richardson, Berlin & Morvillo, on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Mark Scott Lindon (Michael H. Selter, Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg, Manley, Myerson & Casey, Washington, D.C., Price O. Gielen, Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner, Smouse & Garbis, P.A., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before PHILLIPS, ERVIN, and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the issue whether a contract for real estate brokerage commissions is unenforceable under statutes and regulations of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, when, as executed, the contract provides for the splitting of commissions with an unlicensed broker who performed no services.1 The district court held that the contract was illegal and directed a verdict against the plaintiff, Smithy...

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