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Warrantless search allowed in mobile auto
From State v Meharry (S52988) OJD Media Release: “In an opinion written by Justice Rives Kistler, the Supreme Court held that a warrantless search of an automobile does not…
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Oregon Legal Forms: The Pyramid
…of standardized, court-authorized, forms. Other states (e.g. Oregon) do not, though we do have some (see for example in family law matters). Public law library employees seldom hand…
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Legal Challenge to 2007 Oregon Censorship Law
…civil liberties advocates has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn an Oregon law aimed at keeping sexually explicit materials from children. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in…
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Book: Scalia and Garner on Judicial Persuasion
Good heavens, what next? A non-jurisprurient U.S. Supreme Court book that will possibly become a best-seller, at least among the wonkish: legal, political, librarian, and chattering all. Thanks to…
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Jesse Lee Johnson Death Sentence Upheld
The Oregon Supreme Court opinion in State v Johnson (SC S51313), April 19th, 2007: “This case is before us on automatic and direct review of defendant’s judgment of conviction…
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Oregon Labor & Employment Law Blawg
The Oregon Labor & Employment Law blog is back in action. The latest post, August 27th, begins: “The Oregon Supreme Court issued an opinion in Richard Joarnt…
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ORS 153.058: Citizen Initiated Citations in Oregon
…complaint with a court that has jurisdiction over the alleged violation. The filing of the complaint is subject to ORS 153.048. The complaint shall be entered by the court in…
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“The Wit, Wisdom, and Worthlessness of Law Reviews”
…2010: Excerpt: “… During California’s legal “golden era” of the Gibson and Traynor Courts in the 1950s and ’60s, law reviews were cited with increasing frequency. In a classic…