Legal Opinion

RC Royal Development and Realty Corp. v. Standard Pacific Corp.

California Court of Appeal

Decided September 29, 2009No. B206894PublishedCited by 8 opinions

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1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

ALDRICH, J.

INTRODUCTION

A broker contracted with a buyer to locate real property for the buyer to purchase. The buyer entered into a buy-sell contract with the seller, but escrow never closed. The broker sued the buyer to recover its commission. The trial court granted the buyer’s motion for summary adjudication of the first cause of action for breach of the broker’s agency agreement and the second for breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing implied in that agreement, and dismissed the case. The broker appeals. In the published portion of this opinion, we construe the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co.California Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Parsons v. Bristol Development Co.California Supreme Court · 1965
  3. State Department of Health Services v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
  4. Dore v. Arnold Worldwide, Inc.California Supreme Court · 2006
  5. Tucker v. Lassen Savings & Loan Ass'nCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. County of Imperial Treasurer-Tax Collector v. Stadtmueller (In Re RW Meridian LLC)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2017
  2. Beatty v. PHH Mortgage CorporationDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2019
  3. Burkhart v. MirandaSuperior Court of Guam · 2025
  4. Chevron U.S.A. v. IRA Administrators CA3California Court of Appeal · 2015
  5. In re: Rw Meridian LLCUnited States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 2017

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