The
defendants refused to pay the rents over because the prior
property manager, who had died, had been purportedly promised a portion of those rents
by the plaintiffs, evidenced
by written acknowledgments.
REAL also named as
defendants a number of real estate brokers, salespeople, multiple listing services, home builders, and rental
property managers (collectively, «Proposed Representatives») alleging infringement
by making real estate
property listings available on websites operated
by Move and
by operating their own independent websites unrelated to the Move operated websites