Cummings Construction Co. v. School District No. 9

How courts have described this case

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

• requiring satisfaction of justiciability requirements in declaratory judgment cases “despite this statute”
• plaintiffs failed to show entitlement to declaratory judgment relief because they could not prove they had any present legal rights against the defendant
• construction contractors lacked standing to challenge school district construction bidding practices when they did not bid for school district construction work
• despite statute authorizing declaratory judgments, courts have no jurisdiction to adjudicate action requesting interpretation of a statute unless a justiciable controversy between parties exists

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Couey v. Atkins
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2015-07-16· cited 118×
• Brown v. Oregon State Bar
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1982-08-03· cited 113×
• Barcik v. Kubiaczyk
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1995-05-25· cited 82×
• Yancy v. Shatzer
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2004-09-16· cited 72×
• Harris v. Cassia County
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1984-04-23· cited 63×
• Kellas v. Department of Corrections
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2006-10-12· cited 61×
• Gortmaker v. Seaton
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1969-02-13· cited 51×
• Utsey v. Coos County
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2001-09-26· cited 42×
• Morgan v. Sisters School District 6
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2013-01-17· cited 37×
• Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. Hallmark Insurance Co.
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1977-03-10· cited 37×
• US West Communications, Inc. v. City of Eugene
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2003-12-18· cited 35×
• Noh v. Cenarrusa
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2002-08-28· cited 35×
• Oregon Medical Ass'n v. Rawls
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1976-12-23· cited 29×
• City of Mishawaka v. Mohney
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1973-07-05· cited 21×
• Cornelius v. City of Ashland
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1973-02-12· cited 18×
• Lane Council of Governments v. Lane Council of Government Employes Ass'n
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1977-03-24· cited 18×
• Reynolds v. State Board of Naturopathic Examiners
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1986-07-23· cited 16×
• Gress v. Board of Parole & Post-Prison Supervision
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1996-08-28· cited 14×
• Hale v. State
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2013-11-14· cited 13×
• Goose Hollow Foothills League v. City of Portland
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1982-08-25· cited 11×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• City of Fairfax v. Shanklin
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1964-04-27· cited 104×
• State ex rel. La Follette v. Dammann
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1936-01-07· cited 83×
• Edmiston v. Kupsenel
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1964-04-27· cited 60×
• State ex rel. Mitchell v. State Highway Commission
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1947-06-07· cited 30×
• Portland Web Pressmen's Union Local No. 17 v. Oregonian Publishing Co.
  D. Oregon· 1960-04-14· cited 24×
• Parks v. Francis
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1947-05-02· cited 17×
• Sherod v. Aitchison
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1914-06-16· cited 8×