Oregon Legal Research BlogCriminal Background Checks: Today’s (1/3/06) Oregonian had a teaser of a story about the perils of pre-employment background checks. It will give you some idea of the complexities of…
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Federal Civil Disorder Law and the Commerce Clause
…have broad power to enact criminal statutes, while the federal government is limited to enforcing criminal laws on federal land or property, that involve actions crossing state lines, or in…
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Justice Bedsworth Fishes for a Bond with OR-7 (Oregon’s favorite wolf)
…without a California mate.) Now about those fish …. From Justice Bedsworth, in his January 2013 A Criminal Waste of Space article, “The Parable of the Wolves and Fishes“: ‘…….
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Laughing Darkly: Human Frailty, Animal Comfort, Regulatory Food for Thought
Justice Bedsworth, in A Criminal Waste of Space, August 2014: “Deciding Between Comfort Animals and Comfort Food,” by Justice William W. Bedsworth Excerpt: “Edward O. Wilson is a biologist….
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Oregon Jury Instruction Error: Murder Conviction Reversed
…whether a uniform criminal jury instruction on aiding and abetting correctly states Oregon law. As did the Court of Appeals, we conclude that it does not. We further conclude, as…
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Justice Bedsworth Takes on the Sport of Professional Divorce
A Criminal Waste of Space has a new address (aka URL), so if you’re a Justice “CWoS” Bedsworth fan, update your bookmarks. If you’re not a fan, well,…
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Oregon Lis Pendens Doctrine
…blog sidebar for links to the 3 Oregon law schools) or an Oregon public law library: a) Oregon State Bar (OSB) Criminal Law (loose-leaf) Practice Book (aka CLE Manual):…
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Expunged Records Never Die (they just get rearranged)
…employment law attorney, on what happens to expunged criminal records. “[J]ob applicants [generally believe] that after a judge vacates, expunges, sets aside, defers the adjudication or otherwise judicially…