OSB / PLF are recommending that you make this correction to your copy of the Oregon Statutory Time Limitations Handbook. Add this citation to section 45.1(c) of your Handbook: Hamilton v. Painter, 342 Or 48, 149 P3d 131 (Dec. 7, 2006). The case has bearing upon, inter alia, ORS 12.155 and 174.100(5).
Thanks to the Oregon Council of County Law Libraries (OCCLL) who alerted us to this update.
The Oregon Supreme Court opinion in State v Johnson (SC S51313), April 19th, 2007:
“This case is before us on automatic and direct review of defendant’s judgment of conviction and sentence of death. See ORS 138.012 (providing for direct review in the Supreme Court when the jury imposes a death sentence). On review, defendant assigns error to 23 of the trial court’s rulings. For the reasons set out below, we affirm defendant’s conviction and sentence of death.”
From Bill Monroe, Oregonian Home and Gardens: Look, Don’t Touch: Cats kept indoors can’t injure wildlife:
“… Did you know it’s a federal felony to kill a protected bird? That if my dog killed a songbird and was seen doing it, I’d be liable? That a cat is jointly owned by a married couple, so being a guy doesn’t wash away the liability?…”
This week’s (4/18/07) Willamette Week has some laugh-aloud and a-HA! stories on some of the lesser known “sustainable” ways of living – and dying. Two certainly caught my eye for their law-connections.
Sustainable Kink: A local couple explores the last eco frontier: sex toys
“Last October, Alliyah Mirza and Jonas Sapienza started Earth Erotics, an online retailer of eco-friendly adult toys. Sustainable dildos, if you will. “We’re like the natural-food store of sex toys,” says Mirza, who studies environmental law at Lewis & Clark College by day and updates EE’s website (eartherotics.com) by night. “Our toys are like organic food. Non-organics aren’t going to kill you, but organics are a better option. We provide a better option.”
Sustainable Funeral: How do you say goodbye in a socially conscious fashion?
“…There’s the “eco-pod,” a casket made out of recycled paper (just think of it! Buried in recycled Willamette Weeks!), which ranges from $75 to $2,700. There’s also fair-trade bamboo coffins, handwoven seagrass and willow caskets, and, of course, the plain pine box. (The average price of a conventional casket is $3,100, according to the Funeral Directors Association of America.) Yeah, but what about cremation? Get this: Crematoriums are responsible for something like 9 percent of mercury emissions due to the incineration of dental work and embalming fluid (we knew dentistry was evil)….”
Lawyers Set to Argue New Legal Theory in Pet-Poisoning Cases, from Law.com (article by Lynne Marek in The National Law Journal, April 10, 2007)
“Class action litigators and animal law attorneys are joining forces across the country to sue Menu Foods Inc. and pet food distributors over the poisoning of dogs and cats, with some lawyers aiming to set a new precedent in recoveries for pet-owner clients.”
Linked to from Trial Ad Notes (thanks Mary!).
Vote for the Oddest Law Book Title. Other odd book titles here and here.
* Jurisprurient: first appearance of the word in 98 Harvard Law Rev. 1109, 1210 (1985)?
The current issue of Willamette Law Review, volume 43, no. 2, 2007, contains a collection of articles from the Unparallel Justice: The Legacy of Hans Linde symposium. The issue isn’t online at their web site yet, but is available in print and online at law libraries and many public libraries through their subscription databases or from reference staff.
Interesting post at Library Law, re: Schwartz v. Berkeley Historical Society
Excerpt: “I believe that plaintiff and his counsel were aware that our insurance-funded counsel would defend us so long as the law suit was for damages. By suing us in federal court seeking declaratory relief and costs of the suit and counsel, plaintiff knew that BHS would be stranded without insurance-paid counsel.”
Public Record or Public Domain doesn’t always mean Free, for anyone, which confuses many. Librarians, and public servants, share willingly and freely when possible, but someone had or has to pay for the service. Publishers don’t give away books or databases without charging, computers don’t appear out of thin air, nor are they maintained without cost, scanners, indexers, and web designers have a right to be paid for their expertise and labor. Not every service is funded with taxpayer money. We could go on ….
Need an extension of time to file your tax return? Always go to the source, in this case the IRS, for information. Ignorantia juris non excusat.
A Wisconsin Law Journal article, April 9, 2007, “Big Frauds Start Small.” Ain’t that the truth!
Linked to via SC Employment Law Blog, who is Blawg Review #104 this week. (Blawg Review home, here.)
