Oregon Administrative Law Tips for Pro Se Litigants and Attorneys: The current (Fall 2006) issue of the OSB Administrative Law Newsletter has an article entitled, “Practitioners Beware!” by Ann Fisher, Chair of the Administrative Law Section. Among other useful tips, the article refers to this web site, “Representing Yourself,” from the Oregon Office of Administrative Hearings.
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Dog Law: KATU has a story, here, about dog laws in Oregon, and about Clackamas County in particular.
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Law of Irresistible Provocation: Gardens and the Law: The Oregonian’s Dulcy Mahar, a gardening friend to all, lays down the law. She examines the Law of Ineffectual Regret, the Law of Perverse Exceptions, the Law of Roguish Germination, and many more. Her column, titled, “Can I Get a Witness,” can be found in the November 9th, Home & Gardens section of the Oregonian. I’m not much of a gardener, but I do try, and Dulcy always manages to make me feel better about my hopeless and hapless efforts.
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Oregon Condo and Homeowner Associations: There’s not much written about CC&Rs, homeowner boards, etc. in Oregon, but there are a few sources of information, namely, the Community Associations Institute (CAI), CAI Oregon Chapter, and a few other sites, here and here, here, and an assortment of books (check at your local public and law libraries). With all the new condos arriving in Oregon these past few years, it won’t be long before someone writes the Condo Law in Oregon book – at least we hope it won’t be long, but we’ll still need these other sources.
And a recent OSB CLE has an excellent section on establishing and operating homeowners’ associations, in “What you need to know: basic skills for real estate and land use practice,” a CLE program held October 27, 2006, in Portland.
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HeinOnline, Free, Remote Access: Don’t forget that if you live in Washington County (Oregon, that is) or one of the neighboring counties with reciprocal public library borrowing privileges, you have remote, and free, access to HeinOnline, a specialized legal database. You need a library card from Washington County (WCCLS). You can get a Washington County public library card if you ….
“… live in Multnomah, Clackamas, or Hood River counties in Oregon, or reside in the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District or the City of Camas in Washington, may obtain a WCCLS library card without paying a non-resident fee. And Washington County residents, in turn, are eligible to obtain library cards without fee at any of the public libraries in the systems listed above.” (Instructions on getting a card from WCCLS are here.)
Once you have your library card account, click on WCCLS and follow the Government/Law link to HeinOnline.
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Five Stages of Book-Theft Grief
For bibliophiles, the loss of a book is a source of much sadness (though in the scheme of all things that could possibly be lost in a lifetime, not so much):
First there is denial: “What do you mean it’s silly to look for the book in the sock drawer? I know it’s here somewhere!”
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What’s in a Name?: Pro per, pro se, self-represented litigant? Read Shlep , the Pro Se Nomenclature Problem, and weigh in. What would you want to be called if you represented yourself in court? (Oh, and then there is Winkelman v Parma City School District, U.S. Supreme Court, 05-983. Stories here and here, too.)
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Watch Those Timelines – and Those Court Rules:
From the Nov 1st OJD Media Release (full case here):
Mary Lee Husted, Respondent, v. SCI Oregon Funeral Services, Inc., Appellant. Landau, P. J.Plaintiff prevailed on a claim against defendant, and a general judgment was entered on May 18, 2005. On May 23, 2005, the trial court signed an amended general judgment, but that amended general judgment was never entered. On June 7, 2005, plaintiff submitted a statement of costs, disbursements, and attorney fees. Defendant objected on the ground that the statement had not been filed within 14 days, as required by ORCP 68 C(4)(a). The court concluded that the amended judgment had been entered on May 24, 2005, and, as a result, plaintiff’s statement was timely filed. The court entered a supplemental judgment awarding the attorney fees requested. Defendant appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in concluding that plaintiff’s statement of costs, disbursements, and attorney fees had been timely filed. Held: Under ORCP 68 C(4)(a), plaintiff had 14 days from entry of judgment to file the statement of costs, disbursements, and attorney fees. The record shows that a general judgment was entered on May 18, 2005. It shows that no other general judgment has been entered. Plaintiff therefore had 14 days from that date to file her statement. She filed well beyond that deadline. Her filing therefore was untimely. Reversed.
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Fresh Bedsworth: A new Bedsworth is always worth the wait. The current one is here. A selection of previous ones are here. (And if you are so moved and can bear it, the Creighton case is reported on here and here and, oh heck, just go to your favorite search engine and type, “creighton pennsylvania mckeesport microwave.”)
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Book Thieves: Among other books in my law library, our latest Foonberg has been stolen (and people wonder why library staff keep (or itch to keep) books “behind the desk”). I’ve heard that Foonberg’s, “How to Start and Build a Law Practice,” is among the most commonly stolen books in law libraries. What does this say about certain lawyers? One thing it says is, look out for this person when s/he appears on the other side of the table in a lawsuit, and check out his/her claims, sources, information, etc. They may be about as “clean” as this book-thief’s hands are.