Burke v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• describing variations in use of disjunctive “or” and concluding that while it often indicates an exclusive relationship, legislature may also use “or” inclusively
• distinguishing transfer of legal title by deed from transfers of other nonpossessory interests such as mortgages and easements
• describing variations in use of disjunctive “or” and concluding that while it often indicates an exclusive relationship, legislature may also use “or” inclusively
• describing variations in use of disjunctive “or” and concluding that while it often indicates an exclusive relationship, legislature may also use “or” inclusively
• providing the example that, “[i]f a person is told that, ‘on Thursday, Mary will be in Eugene or in Boston,’ it is clear that the ‘or’ is being used in its exclusive sense”
• unlikely that legislature uses the same term in the same sentence to mean different things

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Walker
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2014-08-21· cited 81×
• State v. Pipkin
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2013-12-12· cited 56×
• Brown v. SAIF Corp.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2017-03-30· cited 51×
• State v. Guzman/Heckler
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2019-12-27· cited 26×
• State v. Nelson
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2016-11-30· cited 25×
• Lake Oswego Preservation Society v. City of Lake Oswego
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2016-08-04· cited 23×
• Miller v. City of Portland
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2014-10-30· cited 8×
• Gonzalez v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2019-03-12· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Griffin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-04-26· cited 6×
• Papworth v. Oregon Department of Land Conservation & Development
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2013-02-13· cited 6×
• State v. Logston
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2025-07-31· cited 6×
• McMurchie
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2013-05-22· cited 5×
• Oakleigh-McClure Neighbors v. City of Eugene
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2015-02-19· cited 3×
• Comcast Corp. II v. Dept. of Rev. (TC 5265)
  Oregon Tax Court· 2020-11-25· cited 3×
• Warrenton Fiber Co. v. Department of Energy
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2016-12-29· cited 2×
• State v. Actkinson
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2022-05-25· cited 2×
• Bert Brundige, LLC v. Dept. of Rev.
  Oregon Tax Court· 2019-04-23· cited 2×
• SIF Energy, LLC v. State ex rel. Department of Energy
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2015-12-30· cited 1×
• T-Mobile USA, Inc. v. Dept. of Rev.
  Oregon Tax Court· 2020-02-18· cited 1×
• Holt v. Nicoletti
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2025-07-09· cited 1×

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Gaines
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2009-04-30· cited 1,741×
• State v. Cloutier
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2011-09-22· cited 233×
• State v. Guzek
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1995-11-24· cited 134×
• Stranahan v. Fred Meyer, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2000-09-14· cited 124×
• Ecumenical Ministries v. Oregon State Lottery Commission
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1994-04-07· cited 102×
• United States National Bank v. Boge
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1991-07-25· cited 62×
• Corey v. Department of Land Conservation & Development
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2008-05-08· cited 58×
• Tharp v. Psychiatric Security Review Board
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2005-04-14· cited 58×
• Friends of Yamhill County, Inc. v. Board of Commissioners
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2011-10-20· cited 40×
• South Beach Marina, Inc. v. Department of Revenue
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1986-08-26· cited 35×
• Klamath Irrigation District v. United States
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2010-03-11· cited 33×
• Heider v. Dietz
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1963-04-10· cited 31×
• City of Reedsport v. HUBBARD ET UX.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1954-09-22· cited 31×
• State v. Couch
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2006-11-09· cited 25×
• Bedortha v. Sunridge Land Co., Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1991-12-12· cited 23×
• Hamilton v. Paynter
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2006-12-07· cited 17×
• University & Community College System of Nevada v. DR Partners
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2001-03-09· cited 16×
• Patton v. Target Corp.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2010-11-12· cited 10×
• Clackamas County v. 102 Marijuana Plants
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1996-07-25· cited 5×
• Burke v. State Ex Rel. Department of Land Conservation & Development
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2011-03-30· cited 4×