Colby v. Gunson

How courts have described this case

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

• addressing “plain and ordinary meaning” of the statutory term “attorney fees”
• awarding attorney fees to self-represented litigant who happened to be a lawyer
• “ ‘[A]ttorney fees,’ as used in ORS 192.490(3), means the reasonable value of legal services provided by an attorney in seeking the disclosure of public records.” (Emphasis added.)
• “Because plaintiff is an attorney and because he performed legal services in seeking disclosure of public records, he is entitled to collect attorney fees for those services.” (Emphasis added.)
• in determining legislative intent, court applies plain meaning of undefined terms

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Oregon Supreme Court· 2011-03-25· cited 12×
• McDermott v. SAIF Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2017-06-28· cited 12×
• Moro v. State of Oregon
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2016-10-27· cited 11×
• State v. McBride
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2012-06-28· cited 10×
• State v. Anderson
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2023-12-28· cited 6×
• Toensing v. Attorney Gen. of Vt.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2019-04-26· cited 4×
• State v. Anotta
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2021-06-09· cited 2×
• Stewart v. City of Salem
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2011-01-26· cited 1×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Colby v. Gunson
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2008-12-24· cited 47×
• Chalmers v. OREGON AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1972-11-16· cited 35×
• Domingo v. Anderson
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1997-06-12· cited 28×
• In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Glass
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1989-08-29· cited 19×
• State Ex Rel. Binschus v. Schreiber
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1996-05-29· cited 3×
• Colby v. Gunson
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2009-06-17· cited 3×
• State v. Tate
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2009-11-19· cited 2×