Oregon Legal Research BlogThe Oregon Legislature passed 2011 HB 2244, re definition of a public record, and it was signed by the Governor on August 2, 2011:…
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Updated Definition of an Oregon Public Record
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Oregon Jury Instruction Error: Murder Conviction Reversed
…“ask the Legislature – they wrote the statute,” but in all seriousness, they often don’t have a clue either. They certainly don’t know how a judge will interpret…
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You Say State, I say Federal; You say Justice, and I say Judiciary
…courts, but we’ll leave that complication for another day.) c) Legislative branch: think U.S. Congress or your state legislature, e.g. Oregon Legislature. They make the laws that show up in…
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Oregon Court of Appeals Sniffs the Weed and Finds it “not inherently unpleasant”: Oregon v. Lang
…[p. 119] “…. The parties’ arguments about the meaning of the term “physically offensive” present a question of statutory interpretation. To determine the legislature’s intent, we look to the text…
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How to Find the ORS “Sections Affected by Measures” (aka List of Sections Affected)
…You will need to locate the “Sections Affected by Measures” publication at the Legislature’s website. You need to get to the right Session first. You can travel from the Legislature’s…
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Online Superseded Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS)
The superseded ORSs are starting to reappear at the Legislature’s website: a) 1999-2011 ORS b) A backup source: Internet Archive resource (work in progress from the Oregon State Library):…
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Oregon Foster Children’s Bill of Rights, Effective January 2014
…found at the Oregon Legislature’s website: SECTION 2. It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly that each foster child have certain essential rights, including but not limited to…
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Beer Law? Oregon’s “Brewers Yeast” House Concurrent Resolution 12: Can Marmite be far behind?
House Concurrent Resolution 12, designating an official microbe of the State of Oregon, has moved through the 2013 Legislature with the speed of a freshly drawn IPA through a…
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Hawaii is the 5th State to Enact UELMA, and 1st to include Judicial Documents
Hawaii Governor Abercrombie signed UELMA into law on April 11th. It is Act 11 of the 2013 Legislature. Hawaii is the 5th state to enact UELMA, following North Dakota…
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Legislative Data Transparency Report Card
As part of their Open States project, the Sunlight Foundation recently released their Open Legislative Data Report Card. They rated each state legislature’s website on the following criteria: completeness;…