Oregon Legal Research BlogFrom the Oregon Supreme Court: “For those reasons, effective April 1, 2007, the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals on the court’s own motion will strike any motion…
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Virtual Court Hearings in Oregon: Tips for Teachers and the Intellectually Curious
Our matchless Oregon Classroom Law Project (CLP) has a handout on how to link remotely to live courtroom hearings. The document was written in 2020 (and may be updated…
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U.S. Supreme Court Imposes Word Limits on Briefs
You (!) are now limited to 15,000 words in your merits briefs (rule 33.1). See 10/10/07 post at Wayne Schiess’s Legal Writing blog. What can I say (and…
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How Do I Find Help with Legal Research in Another State?
…online search engine. We would first recommend they check with the local court in the county where the issue is occurring. There might be forms and information available at the…
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U.S. Supreme Court Sentencing Decisions (2007-8 Term)
This post is primarily for reference purposes (mine!): One day, in about 8.17 months, someone’s going to ask for the names of these cases, “you now, those cocaine…
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Oregon Supreme Court Decides “Circumcision Case”
OJD Media Release (summary) is here and full opinion is here. Full case name is: In the Matter of the Marriage of JAMES H. BOLDT, Respondent on Review,…
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Oregon High Court Judges: Productivity, Influence and Independence
Willamette Week’s Murmers this week (5/21/08) notes a recent study (May 2008) titled, “Which States Have the Best (and worst) High Courts,” by Stephen J. Choi, Mitu Gulati, and…
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Jury Duty: We’re walking, we’re walking … we’re summoned, we’re summoned!
…the circuit court, the persons whose names are added to the term jury list shall be summoned by the clerk of court giving written notice to each of them by…
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2008 U.S. Supreme Court Case on Crack vs. Cocaine
Moore v. U.S. (docket # 07-10689) (Decided October 14, 2008) (There are times when a blog is just a place to keep notes on a case someone may…
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Oregon Statutes of Limitations and ORS 12.220, a “Saving Statute”
…will be absolutely wrong about what the law is.”) An example, and bear in mind that ORS 12.220 has been around since 1961 (amended in 2003): Oregon Court of Appeals…