Oregon Legal Research Blog

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: August 22, 2008

Free (open source) Copyright License Case

By Laura Orr

…report today that the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (THE “IP” court in the US) has upheld a free (ok, they call them “open source”) copyright license, explicitly…

Published on: December 29, 2005

By Laura Orr

Getting a seat at the Jan 10th Measure 37 oral argument: OJD has information for people who might want to try and get a seat in the courtroom to…

Published on: January 17, 2006

By Laura Orr

Oregon Assisted Suicide vs Supreme Court: For the 2 of you who might not have heard by now, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Oregon’s assisted suicide law, 6-3….

Published on: February 7, 2006

By Laura Orr

Supreme Court Oral Arguments: Did you know that the U.S. Supreme Court posts transcripts of oral arguments on their official web page? So if you’ve put off…

Published on: August 4, 2008

Online Oregon Criminal Records Searches (re CriminalSearches dot com)

By Laura Orr

…on a new website called CriminalSearches.com, which offers to search for “criminal” records throughout the US for free. The website includes case information from outside the state court system. The…

Published on: June 28, 2009

Traffic Photo Radar in Oregon

By Laura Orr

…court, Beat Your Ticket. 4) OSB public information page on traffic court/tickets: Should I Fight My Traffic Ticket? 5) And, don’t forget to look at Oregon Legal Research blog posts…

Published on: September 26, 2008

Who Owns the Money Hidden in the Walls — After the House is Sold?

By Laura Orr

Oregon Court of Appeals opinion: SOLLARS v. CITY of MILWAUKIE (CV06020213; A132996) (decided 9/24/08) Excerpt: “Before Landau, Presiding Judge, and Schuman, Judge, and Ortega, Judge. ORTEGA, J. Reversed…

Published on: May 31, 2012

Washington State Legal Research (for non-Washingtonians)

By Laura Orr

…1) Washington State Bar Association 2) King County Bar Association (and the King County Law Library) 3) Washington State Law Help WASHINGTON STATE COURTS: Court websites sometimes have lots of…

Published on: January 10, 2011

Are Paralegals Happier than Lawyers? (and other Oregon legal news)

By Laura Orr

…e.g. their Oregon Supreme Court decision blog post (re Barger (SC S058345) and Ritchie (SC S057701 (Control), S057705): “When ‘Viewing’ is Not ‘Possession’: Oregon High Court Voids Child…