REALTOR^® A, the listing broker and a member of the X Board of REALTORS^®, and REALTOR^® B, the cooperating broker and a member of the Y Board of REALTORS^®, disagreed as to whether REALTOR^® B should participate in a commission on a sale. The property was located within the jurisdiction of REALTOR^® A's Board, and REALTOR^® A proposed that the dispute be submitted for arbitration within his Board, the X Board of REALTORS^®. REALTOR^® B agreed, and appeared before an arbitration panel of the Professional Standards Committee of the X Board of REALTORS^® to present evidence in support of his view that he was entitled to participate in the commission. The arbitration panel of the X Board of REALTORS^® found in favor of REALTOR^® A.

REALTOR^® B then requested his Board, the Y Board of REALTORS^®, to contact the X Board of REALTORS^® for the purpose of arranging interboard arbitration as provided for in Article 17 of the Code of Ethics.

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