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Lawsuit claims Oregon’s real estate ‘love letter’ ban stifles free speech
Free speech advocates have filed a preliminary injunction against Oregon’s new law banning love letters from prospective home buyers. Kristian Foden-Vencil / OPB Free speech advocates have filed a preliminary injunction against Oregon’s new law that bans so-called “love letters” from prospective home buyers. Total Real Estate Group out of Bend wants a federal judge to block Oregon’s law before it goes into effect in January. The law would stop real estate agents from passing along personal pitches to sellers. Proponents say these letters can be the only edge a first-time buyer has against deep-pocketed investors that buy up entry-level homes to flip or rent out. The concern is that…
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Black real estate agent and his Black clients file lawsuit after being handcuffed by police during home showing
The real estate agent, Eric Brown, was demonstrating a household to his customer, Roy Thorne, and his 15-12 months-previous son, Samuel, on August 1, when police, responding to a neighbor’s phone, showed up at the dwelling, ordered individuals inside of to leave with their hands in the air and handcuffed them. They were being all produced soon soon after. The lawsuit, filed October 1 in US District Court docket for the Western District of Michigan, seeks unspecified damages on five counts, saying six law enforcement officers violated the plaintiffs’ civil legal rights, like unlawful detainment and excessive drive, as effectively as violations of equivalent defense. Other counts consist of assault…
