Minichiello v. Royal Business Funds Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the 1964 amendment to section 5-701(a) (10) clearly precludes any recovery in quantum meruit
• holding that the legislature intended to preclude recovery in quantum meruit for brokers and finders
• holding that section 5-701(a)(10) “make[s] clear that the contracts required to be evidenced by writing include a contract or agreement for the compensation of a business broker ... and that the requirement cannot be avoided by an action for compensation in quantum meruit”
• the 1944 legislature in enacting subdivision 10 intended to include “finders” within the operation of the statute and to preclude any recovery in quantum meruit
• the 1944 legislature in enacting subdivision 10 intended to include “finders” within the operation of the statute and to preclude any recovery in quantum meruit
• “It is possible for a finder to accomplish his service by making only two phone calls and, if the parties later conclude a deal, he is entitled to his commission.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).