Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: December 2, 2011

Justice Bedsworth Tackles Time, Tontines, and Tootsie Landsill

By Laura Orr

Take a look at Code of Civil Procedure Section 613. It says, ‘When the case is finally submitted to the jury, they may decide in Court or retire for…

Published on: February 27, 2013

Courthouse Dogs: A New Use for Service Animals

By Laura Orr

About Courthouse Dogs: Mission: “The mission of Courthouse Dogs Foundation is to promote justice with compassion through the use of professionally trained assistance dogs to provide emotional support to…

Published on: November 25, 2011

Free “Law School” (via CALI) – or a Cure for Insomnia?

By Laura Orr

…Legal Instruction (CALI) You can also give this Oregon “Statute of Insomniacs” a whirl (there are many others where this came from – so don’t despair): ORS 87.025…

Published on: December 5, 2005

By Laura Orr

Guzek Argument: Oregon v Guzek (04-928) is scheduled for argument in the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Dec 7th, 2005. The Supreme Court web page is here. The opinion…

Published on: November 7, 2005

By Laura Orr

Oregon Supreme Court and Measure 37: The Oregon Supreme Court order of November 1st, denying a stay pending appeal in the Marion County Measure 37 opinion by Circuit…

Published on: November 9, 2005

By Laura Orr

Measure 37 appeal fast-tracked: The Oregon Supreme Court has fast-tracked the appeal from the Marian County, Judge James opinion. As of news reports today, the Supreme Court has…

Published on: November 25, 2005

By Laura Orr

Oregon cases in the U.S. Supreme Court: The Statesman Journal online edition today has a story about 3 Oregon cases that are up before the U.S. Supreme Court: Gonzales…

Published on: September 16, 2009

Name Changes in Oregon: Fictional and Non-fictional (i.e. Real Life)

By Laura Orr

Real Life Name Changes: 1) Your Oregon County Circuit Court is the best place to begin if you need or want to make an actual name change….

Published on: December 29, 2005

By Laura Orr

listen to Oregon Supreme Court oral arguments in the “MacPherson v DAS” Measure 37 case on January 10th. Upshot: don’t count on getting a seat but argument will be broadcast…

Published on: February 26, 2014

Outpacing PACER? PacerPro (free for noodling, for now)

By Laura Orr

now), and read about it in this article: From ABA Journal: “Service offers a better way to search federal court records than PACER,” Mar 1, 2014, by Robert Ambrogi….