Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: April 15, 2013

Oregon Code Enforcement: Weeds, Noise, Parking, Unsafe Buildings, and other Complaints

By Laura Orr

…the type of complaint: private, public, noise, parking, etc. and 2) who has jurisdiction: that is, which government or private entity is responsible for the problem and which entity can…

Published on: October 24, 2014

Legal Research Class: City of Damascus v. Henry R. Brown, Jr. (Oregon Court of Appeals, 2014)

By Laura Orr

…property located on the boundary of the City of Damascus to withdraw that property from the jurisdiction of the city…. After consolidating the cases, we requested that the parties also…

Published on: January 12, 2015

Book Review: Levitt & Davis: “Internet Legal Research on a Budget: Free and Low-Cost Resources for Lawyers”

By Laura Orr

…resources, however, the selection of high quality, publicly accessible state and local online legal research resources varies widely from one jurisdiction to another, so the authors didn’t leave out anything…

Published on: October 3, 2008

Oregon Revised Statutes, Copyright Dispute, and Legal Research

By Laura Orr

…laws of the jurisdiction. For example, the 2007 ORS is not the most current statutory compilation. You will also need to check the 2008 Laws (and Oregon case law,…