Oregon Supreme Court

Oregon faces major public defender crisis, case dismissals

April 7, 2022 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters has sent a letter to Gov. Kate Brown and legislative leaders asking for a summit to address a crippling shortage of public defenders that's led to the dismissal of dozens of criminal cases and a huge court backlog.

Ex-NY Times columnist ineligible to run for Oregon governor

By ANDREW SELSKYFebruary 17, 2022 GMT

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof doesn't meet the state’s three-year residency requirement to run for governor, leaving the former candidate with a sizable war chest and no plans for the future.

Oregon chief justice asks lawyers to act as public defenders

January 28, 2022 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters in an unusual public request is asking members of the State Bar to take on clients in need of public defense.

DeHoog appointed to Oregon Supreme Court

January 21, 2022 GMT

BEND, Ore. (AP) — A former Deschutes County Circuit judge serving on the state Court of Appeals has been named to Oregon Supreme Court.

Roger J. DeHoog’s appointment, effective immediately, was announced this week by Gov.

Oregon Supreme Court opens door for alternatives to bar exam

January 14, 2022 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court has tentatively OK’d a proposal that would give would-be lawyers the option to skip the bar exam and instead become licensed to practice law through experience or supervision.

Oregon Supreme Court to decide Kristof eligibility

By ANDREW SELSKYJanuary 13, 2022 GMT

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to determine whether former New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof is eligible to run for governor, less than a week after election officials declared him ineligible because he failed to meet the three-year residency requirement.

Kristof asks OR high court to overturn residency decision

January 7, 2022 GMT

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof filed a petition with the Oregon Supreme Court on Friday, asking justices to quickly overturn Secretary of State Shemia Fagan’s determination he does not meet the state Constitution’s three-year residency requirement to run for governor.

GOP drops challenge to new Oregon congressional districts

November 30, 2021 GMT

SALEM (AP) — A group of former Republican elected officials have dropped their challenge to new Oregon congressional districts.

Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the move comes after a judicial panel last week unanimously dismissed a challenge to the new maps pushed through by state Democrats.

Oregon Supreme Court dismisses challenge to legislative maps

November 22, 2021 GMT

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court on Monday dismissed two challenges filed by Republicans to new state legislative districts approved by the Legislature in September.

The lawmakers passed new legislative and congressional boundaries that included a new, sixth U.S.

Judge rejects troopers’ effort to stop vaccination mandate

October 8, 2021 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge has rejected a request by 33 Oregon State Police troopers to temporarily halt a mandate that requires them to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 18.

Oregon court ruling could eliminate death penalty for many

October 7, 2021 GMT

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court struck down the death sentence of an inmate in a ruling Thursday that found lawmakers had fundamentally altered “prevailing societal standards” for executions with a 2019 law change.

Oregon high court suspends judge who refused to marry gays

By TOM JAMESMarch 15, 2018 GMT

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday handed down the longest suspension in its history to a judge who refused to marry gay couples in the state, but stopped short of removing him from office...

Ore. high court foreclosure ruling favors lenders

By JONATHAN J. COOPERJune 7, 2013 GMT

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon Supreme Court ruling Thursday appears to pave the way for mortgage lenders to resume foreclosures outside the court system.

In two closely watched cases, the high court ruled that creditors using an electronic mortgage registry don't have to publicly record the ownership history of a trust deed in order to take advantage of the nonjudicial foreclosure process the Legislature created in 1959.