Hubbell Commercial Brokers, L.C. v. Fountain Three

CADY, Justice.

This appeal involves a dispute over a real estate commission for securing a commercial tenant in a retail development. We must decide if the district court correctly determined that the rules regulating listing and brokerage agreements adopted by the Iowa Real Estate Commission did not govern the transaction, and whether the district court properly instructed the jury at trial. On our review of the issues presented, we affirm the judgment entered by the district court.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

Fountain Three is a partnership that owns a large retail development in West…