Group seeks to halt development of 2,100 Portland area acres April 05 2021
New neighborhoods in Wilsonville, Hillsboro, Beaverton and King City could be tabled if legal challenge prevails.
The Metro regional government s most recent urban growth boundary expansion which ushered in over 2,100 acres of new residential land in Wilsonville, Beaverton, Hillsboro and King City is facing a legal challenge at the Oregon Court of Appeals.
Housing Land Advocates, a charitable corporation that focuses on land use policy and advocates for affordable housing, appealed the Land Conservation and Development Commission s decision to approve Metro s 2018 boundary expansion, arguing that the regional government needs to address housing shortages inside the existing growth boundary before expanding it. HLA asked the court to either remand or reverse the decision.
Oregon Supreme Court finds Damascus disincorporation valid
Final ruling Thursday, Sept. 3, upholds 2016 vote to dissolve city, surrender charter
After a nearly eight-year fight that stretched from community gatherings, voting booths, the Oregon state Legislature and multiple courtrooms disincorporation of the city of Damascus has officially been upheld.
On Thursday, Sept. 3, the Oregon Supreme Court declared the process by which Damascus was undone as a city to be valid putting an end to any legal questions around the status of the rural community that was thrust into the spotlight of controversy and debate.
The past two years in Damascus have been a tug of war, with a new pronouncement of whether it was a city or not being made seemingly every month.
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SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) – A woman whose newborn suffocated under her breast at Portland Adventist Medical Center can proceed with a lawsuit for negligent infliction of emotional distress.
The Oregon Court of Appeals on Feb. 3 reinstated that claim in the case brought by Monica Thompson, whose four-day-old son Jacob died in the hospital’s maternity ward in August 2012. The court found there is a question about whether Monica had a disabling mental condition that justifies waiting five years to sue Portland Adventist.
Staff there gave Monica medication to help her sleep the night before she was to take Jacob home. She was also on narcotic painkillers.