Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians v. Employment Department

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• holding that context made it possible to read the term “elected public official” more narrowly than its plain meaning indicates, rendering the term ambiguous
• declining to consider an argument advanced in a footnote in the appellant’s brief because, “[i]n order to preserve the alleged error, [the appellant] was required to assign error in its opening brief to [the ruling at issue]”
• “[W]e may not simply rely on the dictionary definition of a statutory term as conclusive proof of the legislature’s intent.”
• \We agree that we may not simply rely on the dictionary definition of a statutory term as conclusive proof of the legislature's intent.\
• “We must construe the statute in its context, which includes other provisions of the same statute and other related statutes.”
• “We agree that we may not simply rely on the dictionary definition of a statutory term as conclusive proof of the legislature’s intent.”

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