Oregon Supreme Court Decisions 2024
Date: May 16, 2024
Docket Number: S070057
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Carlos Alberto Quebrado, who was charged as an accomplice to second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. The charges stemmed from an incident where Quebrado's co-defendant fired a shotgun from…
Date: May 16, 2024
Docket Number: S070410
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a criminal defendant who was charged with unlawful purchase of a firearm, false information in connection with the transfer of a firearm, and attempted felon in possession of a firearm. The…
Date: May 16, 2024
Docket Number: S070879
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute over the ballot title for Legislative Referral 403 (2024) (LR 403), which was referred for voters' consideration at the upcoming November 2024 General Election. The petitioner, James…
Date: May 9, 2024
Docket Number: S069880
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a defendant who was found guilty of driving under the influence of intoxicants. After his conviction, the defendant fled the state, delaying his sentencing and the entry of a judgment of conviction for…
Date: May 8, 2024
Docket Number: S071034
Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiff, Terri Lee Brown, was incarcerated due to an order from Governor Tina Kotek that revoked a previous conditional commutation of one of Brown's sentences. Brown had received the commutation in December 2020…
Date: May 2, 2024
Docket Number: S069765
Justia Opinion Summary: HotChalk, LLC filed a lawsuit against the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and 22 other defendants, alleging breach of contract and fraud in relation to the closure of Concordia University - Portland. HotChalk claimed that…
Date: May 2, 2024
Docket Number: S070082
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute over whether a hospital that supplies and administers a drug that causes harm can be considered a "seller" under Oregon's strict product liability statute, ORS 30.920(1). The plaintiffs, Brown…
Date: April 18, 2024
Docket Number: S070517
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute over the approval of a site certificate for the construction of a wind energy facility in Umatilla County, Oregon. The Energy Facility Siting Council granted the certificate to Nolin Hills…
Date: April 11, 2024
Docket Number: S069578
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Raji Afife Azar, who was charged with three counts of "computer crime" under ORS 164.377(2)(c) for selling items on eBay that he believed to be stolen. The state argued that by selling stolen…
Date: March 28, 2024
Docket Number: S069996
Justia Opinion Summary: In the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon, the case involved a mother contesting the juvenile court's decision concerning the permanency plan for her child, A. In July 2019, A was made a ward of the court and placed in…
Date: March 21, 2024
Docket Number: S070188
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court of the State of Oregon reviewed a case involving a defendant convicted of two domestic violence offenses, who appealed his convictions on the grounds that the trial court had erred in refusing to…
Date: March 14, 2024
Docket Number: S070162
Justia Opinion Summary: In this Oregon Supreme Court case, the appellant Matthew Dwight Thompson challenged his death sentence, arguing that it was unconstitutional due to changes in the law under Senate Bill (SB) 1013. Thompson also argued…
Date: March 7, 2024
Docket Number: S070083
Justia Opinion Summary: In a case before the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon, the plaintiffs, Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, sued TNA NA Manufacturing, Inc. and Food Design, Inc., claiming negligence and product liability for a…
Date: February 15, 2024
Docket Number: S069417
Justia Opinion Summary: A plaintiff, Robert Trebelhorn, suffered a serious knee injury at his apartment complex when a section of an elevated walkway collapsed due to deterioration. The defendants, Prime Wimbledon SPE, LLC, and Prime…
Date: February 1, 2024
Docket Number: S070456
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2022, Oregon voters approved Ballot Measure 113, amending the state constitution to disqualify any state legislator who accumulates 10 or more unexcused absences during a legislative session from holding office "for…
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