Dearborn v. Real Estate Agency

This is a case of judicial review of a final order of the Real Estate Commissioner (the Commissioner). The order revoked the license of a real estate broker (broker) for engaging in conduct that the Commissioner determined to be subject to professional discipline under ORS 696.301 (1995), 1 set out post. On broker’s petition for judicial review, the Court of Appeals reversed the order, holding that there was not a sufficient nexus between broker’s conduct and his real estate activities to permit disciplinary action under the statute. Dearborn v. Real Estate Agency, 165 Or App 433, 997 P2d 239…