Trammell Crow Co. No. 60 v. Harkinson

The issue in this case is whether a real estate broker’s claims for tortious interference with contract and prospective business relations and civil conspiracy to tortiously interfere are barred under the Texas Real Estate License Act absent a signed written commission agreement. The court of appeals held these claims were not barred. 915 S.W.2d 28. Because we conclude that the broker’s claims for tortious interference and civil conspiracy are in essence claims to recover a commission in violation of section 20(b) of the Real Estate License Act, Tex. Rev.Civ. Stat. Ann. art. 6573a (Vernon…