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Ouch! Another Lesson in Statutory Interpretation: Oregon Court of Appeals Pulls Out its Hair: State v. Lewis (2014)
or recklessly causes physical injury to another.” “Physical injury” is, in turn, defined, in turn, as “impairment of physical condition or substantial pain.” ORS 161.015(7). Defendant contends that the state…
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Oregon State Law Library: Librarian Retirement and New Appointment
Joe Stephens, the State Law Librarian, is retiring at the end of June. Joe led the library and its staff through many improvements to the library’s services, collection and facility…
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Oregon Statewide Initiatives: How Many Signatures Are Needed? 116,284 or 87,213
From the Secretary of State’s “Make or Change State Law website“, as of today: “The number of valid signatures required to qualify an initiative for the ballot is based…
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Animal Protection: State by State
The Law Librarian Blog (with a hat tip to beSpacific ) links to the report: Humane Society Ranks 50 States on Laws to Protect Animals The press release….
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State (Oregon) as Judgment Creditor: ORS 31.735
now conclude that the state has standing to assert its rights under ORS 31.735 and therefore order that the appeal shall proceed.” (full case in Oregon Court of Appeals)…
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What is Your Million Dollar Idea? (Oregon Meyer Memorial Trust)
help change the contagious pessimism in Oregon and jumpstart action that again makes our state a place where ideas begin and grow. But we need your help. Tell us what…
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Oregon Legislative Hearing Minutes: A Reminder
law libraries and the State Archives (in Salem) every day to research legislative histories of Oregon laws. But if you want to see the Minutes to speed up the process,…
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Oregon Constitution in Small Bites: Bite #15 (Article IV, Legislative Department, Sections 7-9)
7-9) copied from this version at the Oregon Legislature’s website) ARTICLE IVLEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT …. 7. Senatorial districts; senatorial and representative subdistricts8. Qualification of Senators and Representatives; effect of felony conviction9….
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Grandparent Custody and Visitation Rights in Oregon: 2015 HB 3014
legal parent of the child’s or ward’s legal parent, regardless of whether the parental rights of the child’s or ward’s legal parent have been terminated.” [Link to Oregonian article.]…