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Oregon Supreme Court· 5/14/1975

Deras v. Myers

Citations

  • 535 P.2d 541
  • 272 Or. 47
  • 1975 Ore. LEXIS 403

How courts have described this case

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  • suggesting that balancing approach is incompatible with Oregon's freedom of expression guarantee
  • suggesting that balancing approach is incompatible with Oregon’s freedom of expression guarantee
  • recognizing the courts’ equitable authority to award attorney fees “where the plaintiff brings suit in a representative capacity and succeeds in protecting the rights of others as much as [the plaintiffs] own”
  • applying similar standard in awarding attorney fees; plaintiffs action protected the “interest of the public in preservation of the individual liberties guaranteed against governmental infringement of the constitution”
  • applying similar standard in awarding attorney fees; plaintiff's action protected the \interest of the public in preservation of the individual liberties guaranteed against governmental infringement of the constitution\
  • awarding attorney fees, under court’s inherent equitable power, because the plaintiffs action protected the “interest of the public in preservation of the individual liberties guaranteed against governmental infringement of the constitution”

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Judges: O'Connell, Tongue

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