State Bar Ass'n v. Connecticut Bank & Trust Co.

In these two suits the plaintiffs seek to restrain the defendants, hereinafter referred to as the banks, from engaging in certain acts and practices which they claim constitute the illegal practice of law. The plaintiffs also seek a declaratory judgment as to whether or not these acts and practices constitute the unlawful practice of law and violations of §§ 7638 and 7641 of the General Statutes. The two suits will be treated together in this memorandum.

It should be borne in mind throughout this discussion that the choice of a criterion as to what constitutes the practice of law must be made…