· 8/5/1986
Oregon Republican Party v. State of Oregon
Citations
- 722 P.2d 1237
- 301 Or. 437
How courts have described this case
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- dismissing as moot an action to allow the solicitation of absentee ballot requests for an election that had already been held
- refusing to apply “capable of repetition, yet evading review” doctrine to a case that is, “strictly speaking, moot”
- dismissing as moot party’s challenge to state determination that plan to encourage absentee voting by providing stamped envelopes to voters, along with absentee ballot request forms, was unlawful
- dismissing as moot party's challenge to state determination that plan to encourage absentee voting by providing stamped envelopes to voters, along with absentee ballot request forms, was unlawful
- court determined that electoral matter became moot when election occurred, reversed Court of Appeals decision on the merits, and remanded to Court of Appeals with instructions to dismiss appeal
- failure of plaintiff to allege that it planned to use a certain scheme for encouraging absentee votes in future elections made question of the scheme’s legality nonjusticiable once election had passed
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Judges: Per Curiam
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