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Oregon Supreme Court· 8/3/1982

Brown v. Oregon State Bar

Citations

  • 648 P.2d 1289
  • 293 Or. 446
  • 1982 Ore. LEXIS 974

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • describing a justiciable controversy as “an actual and substantial controversy between parties having adverse legal interests” that “results in specific relief through a binding decree”
  • describing a justiciable controversy as “an actual and sub- stantial controversy between parties having adverse legal interests” that “results in specific relief through a binding decree”
  • considering discretion provided under ORS 28.060 and concluding that, “where a justiciable controversy exists and the trial court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of the controversy, the court should afford relief absent valid countervailing reasons” (emphasis added)
  • “To be justiciable, a controversy must involve present facts as opposed to a dispute which is based on future events of a hypothetical issue.”
  • “The court cannot exercise jurisdiction over a nonjusticiable controversy because in the absence of constitutional authority, the court cannot render advisory opinions.”
  • “Ajusticiable controversy results in specific relief through a binding decree as opposed to an advisory opinion!.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Denecke, Lent, Linde, Tanzer, Peterson, Campbell

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87 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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Other cases named Brown v. Oregon State Bar

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