Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: July 29, 2010

More on “What’s a Valid Signature” on an Oregon Initiative Petition

By Laura Orr

In my previous post, What is a “Valid Signature” on an Oregon Initiative Petition?, I linked to a document titled, APPENDIX 1 (165-014-0030): Sampling to validate state petitions. It’s…

Published on: January 20, 2013

Oregon Chiropractic Examiners Board: Power to discipline unlicensed practitioners

By Laura Orr

In Tuan Ahn Tran v. Board of Chiropractic Examiners (A147147), decided January 16, 2013…. The Oregon Court of Appeals parses ORS Chapter 684 and ORS 684.100 et seq. “Grounds…

Published on: December 27, 2005

By Laura Orr

Oregon Forfeiture Law: Interesting story in today’s Oregonian about civil and criminal forfeiture. (Go to Oregonlive and search for the word “forfeiture.”) It also discusses HB…

Published on: November 15, 2010

How to Search for Criminal Records

By Laura Orr

…you want to know if there was a criminal (or civil) case filed against someone in Oregon, OJIN (Oregon Judicial Information Network) is the official online database of cases filed…

Published on: November 22, 2006

By Laura Orr

Homesteading Whatchamallit or The Perils of Providing Email Legal Reference Service to Non-Attorneys A posting a while ago on Shlep reminded me of this: Non-attorney patrons often ask for…

Published on: November 9, 2010

To Cite is Human, to Find Law Divine: What Does a Legal Citation Look Like?

By Laura Orr

…first time. 3 Geeks and a Law Blog: Bloomberg Law Gets Cited By A New Jersey Court… A First for “___ BL ___” (citing to United States v. Stuler, Civil…

Published on: August 11, 2010

Oregon Equine Law (Horses, horses, horses)

By Laura Orr

A lot of us don’t think of Oregon as horse-country, but it is! Notwithstanding the fantasies (though, not mine – I’m more a chill out on the deck with…

Published on: January 9, 2008

“More Eager I am to Pay a Lawyer than a Crook”: Consumer Law – No Small Matter for Ordinary People

By Laura Orr

…aptitude and the knowledge to know how to fight this fight, but that still didn’t save him from the hours and hours he had to spend on the problem and…

Published on: May 27, 2014

Which Version of Dred Scott, Plessy, or Bush v. Gore Do You Want?: U.S. Supreme Court Rewrites (ur, edits) Past Opinions

By Laura Orr

all the “law-like” crap online. Other than the public law librarians, civics teachers and their partners, and the dedicated Civil Gideon providers (legal aid, pro bono, etc.) who try to teach…

Published on: April 21, 2010

Oregon Court Captions: New Law

By Laura Orr

For those who missed this: The Oregon Law Practice Management website post about the new rules on captions: Comply with Court Captions or Risk Rejection : Excerpt: “Oregon courts…