Bankr. L. Rep. P 71,001 Benjamin Goldman, Esquire v. Robert Robinson, Trustee

The facts in this case are so unlikely to occur again that there is perhaps no point in my registering a dissent, but because I believe the court has seriously disregarded the Massachusetts brokerage eases, and has at the least suggested that if the broker’s principal' has to sue in order to obtain payment, the broker cannot recover, I feel I should do so. With respect, I believe that the alternative routes the court follows and the still different approach of the courts below each reflect upon the weakness of the others. Plaintiff did what he promised to do, obtain a customer, simpliciter;…