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Oregon Supreme Court· 7/16/2015

Couey v. Atkins

Citations

  • 357 Or. 460
  • 355 P.3d 866
  • 2015 Ore. LEXIS 516

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the Oregon state constitution does not require dismissal of a case based on the justiciability doctrine of mootness
  • holding that a court may hear ‘public actions or cases that involve matters of public interest that might otherwise have been considered nonjusticiable under prior case law’
  • holding that a court may hear \public actions or cases that involve matters of public interest that might otherwise have been considered nonjusticiable under prior case law\
  • recognizing that ORS 14.175 “leaves it to the court to determine whether it is appropriate to adjudicate an other- wise moot case under the circumstances of each case”
  • holding that cases involving issues of public interest that are “likely to evade judicial review under the standard set out in ORS 14.175” are justiciable even if they are moot
  • explaining that “likely” means “probable that a similar challenge will evade judicial review in the future”

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Judges: Landau

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Cites

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