Oregon Supreme Court

Opinions Filed in June 2018

Beyer v. Rosenblum

Under ORS 250.035, ballot titles for Initiative Petitions from the Attorney General must comply with a handful of requirements about length, clarity, and neutrality.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Ballot Titles

State v. Mansor

“A warrant must be sufficiently specific in describing the items to be seized and examined that the officers can, ‘with reasonable effort ascertain’ those items to a ‘reasonable degree of certainty.’ Blackburn/Barber, 266 Or at 35. But, even if the warrant is sufficiently specific, it must not authorize a search that is ‘broader than the supporting affidavit supplies probable cause to justify.’ State v. Reid, 319 Or 65, 71, 872 P2d 416 (1994).”

Area(s) of Law:
  • Criminal Procedure

Shearer's Foods v. Hoffnagle

“[A] party entitled to recover attorney fees incurred in litigating the merits of a fee-generating claim also may receive attorney fees incurred in determining the amount of the resulting fee award.” TriMet v. Aizawa, 362 Or 1, 3, 403 P3d 753 (2017).

Area(s) of Law:
  • Employment Law

State v. Swan

“When a suspect’s decision to submit to a breath test derived from a violation of his or her Article 1, section 11, right to counsel, both the decision and the test results are subject to suppression.” State v. Spencer, 305 Or. 59, 75-76, 750 P.2d 147 (1988).

Area(s) of Law:
  • Constitutional Law

Miller v. Ford Motor Co.

"Under ORS 30.905(2), when an Oregon product liability action involves a product that was manufactured in a state that has no statute of repose for an equivalent civil action, then the action in Oregon also is not subject to a statute of repose."

Area(s) of Law:
  • Civil Law

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