Oregon Legal Research Blog

Published on: January 5, 2012

Notice of Oregon State Filing Fee Changes

By Laura Orr

Please note: Oregon Circuit Court Filing Fee Changes Effective October 1, 2011, and January 1, 2012 You can also reach this OJD webpage by clicking on the OJD News…

Published on: May 5, 2009

Publisher Confidential: What Librarians Want Publishers to Know

By Laura Orr

…U.S. Supreme Court: FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. (No. 07-582), decided: 4/28/09: “Federal law bans the broadcasting of “any … indecent … language,” 18 U. S. C. §1464, which…

Published on: June 20, 2008

Alcohol and the Law in Oregon: 18-20 year olds drinking with parents

By Laura Orr

…party where minors consume alcohol, other than your children in your presence, you may have to forfeit property and may be issued a citation to circuit court…. “ (read full…

Published on: December 5, 2007

The Sixth Amendment – and the right to a chamber pot

By Laura Orr

…and a chamber pot,” by Robert McWhirter and published in the Arizona Attorney, is all of those and more. (Thanks to a federal circuit court librarian for the lead and…

Published on: March 20, 2007

Nicholas Haley Case, Act III

By Laura Orr

Today’s Oregonian, 3/20/07, has a story on what happened in Multnomah County Circuit Court yesterday during the Nicholas Haley trial. I last posted on this case yesterday….

Published on: March 1, 2007

Legal News Around the Oregonian Today

By Laura Orr

…courts in Oregon Opinion piece on Measure 37 Property taxes and the double majority Youlee You appointed to Multnomah Co Circuit Court Another minor sex abuse story More about ORS…

Published on: February 16, 2007

Right of Access to the Courts

By Laura Orr

A recent U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, opinion on “whether the arbitrary denial by prison officials of access to materials the prison routinely made available to inmates for…

Published on: November 17, 2006

By Laura Orr

Benton Co DA Steps Down: The Albany Democrat Herald reports that a Benton County DA is resigning because of a Circuit Court judge. Direct link is here, but…

Published on: August 3, 2006

By Laura Orr

…to establish their development rights before they can sell them.” The opinion is by Crook County Circuit Court Presiding Judge Neilson. The opinion is not yet on their web site….

Published on: June 13, 2006

By Laura Orr

…9th) on their newspaper’s web page about whether or not the judges who endorsed a candidate for election to the Circuit Court should recuse themselves in a particular case….