Oregon State Bar v. Fowler

This is a suit by the Oregon State Bar against a real estate broker for an injunction to restrain defendant "from drafting or filling in the forms of any deeds or real estate contracts,” in violation of ORS 9.160. Defendant appeals from a decree which enjoins him, among other things, from "selecting” or "preparing” any documents "affecting rights or interests in real property, even through commonly available forms, unless acting as a mere scrivener.”

Defendant contends on this appeal, among other things, that ORS 9.160 is unconstitutional; that "the authorities and the statutes and the case…