If you plan to file in the Oregon Court of Appeals:
NOTICE: EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010, ORAP 5.05 is amended.
For cases in the Court of Appeals in which the notice of appeal (or other initiating document) is filed on or after July 1, 2010:
Forest Grove News-Times ran an interesting story about the May 2010 election for the Washington County Justice of the Peace:
“Not everyone votes in judge race: Low-key race doesn’t wind up on ballots in Hillsboro,” by Christian Gaston, The Forest Grove News-Times, May 6, 2010:
Excerpt: “…But if you live in downtown Hillsboro, chances are, you won’t see either of their names on your ballot.
Arcade Book Exchange will be a Stevens-Ness Partner/Dealer for the Western Washington County (Oregon) area beginning June 1st, 2010.
Gene Horton, of Horton’s Sav-On Office Supply in Forest Grove, will be retiring and closing his store on May 28th. The Arcade Book Exchange will take over the Stevens-Ness Legal Forms portion of his business.
If you have any questions please feel free to call the Arcade Book Exchange at 503-648-5821 or visit their website:
Usually when one wants to “shepardize” an Oregon statute (i.e. look for subsequent cases or legal publications that have cited the statute), the results are fairly uniform whether you check the official ORS Annotations volume (print and online), Lexis-Nexis Shepard’s, or Westlaw Keycite. The results are not usually identical, but there is usually a lot of overlap and maybe a unique hit or two. But for the latest request we got 3 extremely different results for a single ORS statute, which shall not be identified for now in the interest of privacy.
1) The official ORS Annotations had 0 results – yup ZERO.
2) Shepard’s had 4 case citations (and a variety of non-case annotations).
3) Westlaw’s annotated statute (and KeyCite) has a zillion cases. (Well, not quite a zillion, but if you looked at the print ORSA volume, they covered more than 3 pages.)
There is always the “poor-man’s shepard’s,” which simply means you plug your statute citation into a Oregon case law database and run with it.
The Multnomah Law Library website and phone number: 503-988-3394
“The Multnomah Law Library located in the County Court House was incorporated in 1890 as a subscription library by a group of Multnomah County lawyers. Today it is a non-profit corporation on contract to the County to provide law library service for the County’s legal community, and officials. It is also open to the general public….” (Link to website, click on “Law Library” tab, and find history, hours, etc.)
Link to the Multnomah Bar Association.
Mrs. Bedsworth goes on a Hospital “Sign this Form Before We Even Talk To You” Rampage, as told by Justice Bedsworth in Criminal Waste of Space column in the OC Lawyer Magazine:
Send in the Clowns, June 2010:
Excerpt: “… After awhile, I just stopped reading them. Like most people, I want fast treatment more than I want a good forum, so I now skim the form and sign it. Someday an unscrupulous dentist will probably hold a quitclaim on my house.
OPB’s Think Out Loud had a program this past week on:
Involuntary Commitment, Air Date: Monday, May 24th 2010 (posted By: Julie Sabatier)
“Guests:
Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) has a website with information about debt-repair (or debt management) companies:
FAQs for consumers about debt management companies:
Excerpt: “If you’re looking for help reducing or managing your debt – whether it’s credit card debt, a mortgage, or a car loan – you may be considering a debt management company. These companies must be registered by the state of Oregon, and Oregon has many protections in place for consumers who use these services. Before you pay anyone to help you with your debt, it is important to:
If you have a long weekend looming, with nothing to do (hard to imagine but some do have lives of leisure), did you ever think about building your own DIY Book Scanner?
When we hear about Animal Law Clinics and Projects, or maybe even the work of Temple Grandin, most of us do not think about farm animals and the law:
“Cow Whipping: How violent can a farmer get with his livestock?,” by Brian Palmer, Slate, Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Excerpt: “An animal rights group has released a video showing workers at an Ohio dairy farm punching cows, stabbing them with a pitchfork, and beating them with a crowbar. How violent is a rancher or dairy farmer allowed to get with his livestock?
