Oregon Supreme Court

A year after holding oral arguments, the Oregon Supreme Court has ruled a lawsuit against one of Oregon’s most recognizable farmer-owned creameries can move forward.

Five Republican lawmakers say they can't be barred from running for another term because they boycotted the Senate earlier this year.

The justices were considering whether a Marion County Circuit Court Judge could force a public defender to take a new client even if the lawyer said they had too many cases. The court, however, agreed to hear another case out of Douglas County based on similar arguments.

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.

Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters announced Tuesday she is stepping down at the end of the year. That gives Gov. Kate Brown a second seat to on the state's high court to fill before she, too, leaves office.

Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters is set to remove all nine members of the Public Defense Services Commission by noon Tuesday. Last week, the commissioners were deadlocked over whether or not to not remove executive director Steve Singer.

Justices have declined to hear a challenge that might have paved the way for a measure on the November ballot.

The former New York Times columnists, and critics of his gubernatorial candidacy, have made their final legal arguments to Oregon Supreme Court justices.

The 5-to-1 ruling delivered a fatal blow to a four-year-long legal push by Portland landlords to kill a city ordinance that requires landlords to pay renters when those landlords raise rents by 10% or more over a one-year period.

The city of Portland is back in court this week defending a four-year-old city rule that requires landlords pay renters’ moving fees if they significantly increase rent or issue an eviction notice without cause.