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Andrew Harnik/APThe Oregon Supreme Court will defer to the U.S. Supreme Court and won’t hear a court case challenging former President Donald Trump’s ability to appear on Oregon ballots. -
Court battles and big congressional races set the stage for an intense election year.
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A case before the Oregon Supreme Court seeks to block Trump from the ballot because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. -
Five Republican senators are suing to overturn Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade’s ruling that they can’t run for reelection.
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“The problem is institutional, and it is statewide,” U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane wrote.
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The Oregon Supreme Court late Friday dismissed a case designed to force changes in the state’s troubled public defense system.
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Attorneys with the Oregon Department of Justice say a case that cuts at the heart of the state’s overwhelmed public defense system – and that’s currently before the Oregon Supreme Court – could be moot because the attorney at the center of the debate has left his job. But they’ve stopped short of asking the justices to toss out the case.
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The Oregon Court of Appeals on Monday asked the state’s highest court to decide whether Republican state senators who carried out a record-setting GOP walkout this year can run for reelection.
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A group of public defenders from Marion County asked the Oregon Supreme Court whether trial court judges can force an attorney to take an indigent defendant’s case. The justices will have to balance the legal protections for a person charged with a crime against the ethical obligations of a public defender.
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GOP senators and state attorneys disagree on what Measure 113 does, but they agree the matter needs to be answered soon.
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In a preliminary ruling, the Oregon Supreme Court found a state court judge erred by forcing a public defender to take a new client, over the objections of the lawyer's employer.
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The proposal would set up an hourly payment system and put public defenders on staff to bolster their ranks to represent the hundreds of people without legal representation
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A Friday opinion by the Oregon Supreme Court offers clarity for people convicted in trials where not everyone on the jury agreed the convicted person was guilty.
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When Kate Brown leaves office, she will have appointed every justice on the state’s highest court. She also announced other judicial appointments Wednesday.
